Read This If You Have a Job or Need to Have a Job

That is young Don Hurzeler on the right, in CEO mode, lecturing (God knows I love to lecture) old Don Hurzeler on the left about how important he was in his prime.  Old Don Hurzeler is smiling and could care less about what he used to be.  He is too busy enjoying the life he…

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Putting my own advice to the test

The Geezer’s Guide to Adventure is now out and doing well.  In it I suggest how readers can add more fun and adventure to their lives, even into 60’s, 70’s and beyond…and do so safely, comfortably and economically. A week or so before the book came out, my wife and I decided to take on…

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True Adventure Rarely Knocks on Your Front Door.

I am pretty excited.  My newest book, The Geezer’s Guide to Adventure, hits Amazon this coming week…in fact, it may already be out there as an ebook and hardback.  So, my mind is all over the subject of adventure…and that means I feel the need to blog. Fair to say, I have always been adventurous.…

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Summoning Up The Courage to Make Your Dreams Come True

There are dreams and there are dreams. I always wanted to win an Olympic gold medal.  That is a dream that will have to remain a dream, as I am now 77 years old.  I wanted to pitch in the World Series, climb Everest and bench press 350 pounds.  All of those things just are…

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Doubling Down on Two Piece of Advice That Readers Hate to Hear

The two unpopular pieces of advice…be open to physically moving to make your dreams come true in your career and retirement And Don’t buy a time share. People (including me) do not like change. However, when things are not working out as desired, change may be needed. Moving, especially from the area where you were…

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A Visit With Larry Brandon

                          I got a note from Christine Brandon reminding me of the cover shot used by her dad, Larry Brandon, on his book…Pathway to Progress. By pure coincidence, it was of a similar stretch of the Bamboo Forest in Kyoto, Japan that I…

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A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS GUIDE ON HOW TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF BEING STOMPED TO DEATH BY STAMPEDING BISON WHILE MISSING THE SHOT

My wife and I live in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.  We had not been in snow since 2008…on purpose…we do not like being cold.  We are both professional landscape and wildlife photographers.  We wanted to expand our horizons a bit and photograph Yellowstone in the winter.  The opportunity arose and off we went. I am 76 years…

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YouTube Podcast with Andrew Holland…Really Long and Very Well Done. I think you will enjoy it.

I met a guy on a night manta trip…great guy named Andrew Holland. Turns out he has a podcast and he asked me to be on it. The podcast came out today on both YouTube and on Apple Podcasts. The YouTube link is https://youtu.be/J3jTlA0bqzU The Apple Podcast link is https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-40-lava-light-galleries-don-hurzeler/id1664838184?i=1000630915806 Most of you have heard…

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