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Sam Kinison had a wild sketch about world hunger.  His basic premise was that those who live in the desert need to move to where the food is.  That same principle holds for award winning photography..you have to go to where the amazing images might be found. So, this is where life gets unfair.  Some…

Anyone that knows me knows that I love to compete.  I live to compete.  However, when it comes to photography…to me, there really is no competition.  A photo you like, I might hate…so it is a matter of taste.  And…the competition world wide is so strong that it really comes down to a judges decision…

I get to do some fun things from time to time.  One of those was traveling to Dallas to speak at the Dallas Gem and Mineral Symposium.  I was invited by Dr. Rob Lavinsky, who thought the audience might be interested in how it all begins…in the lava fields.  Big thanks to Rob, Arkenstone and…

I have a tradition that I started about 50 years ago…I run ten miles on New Year’s Day every year.  Used to be fun and it kept me from drinking too much the night before.  However, since I have not had any kind of a drink in about 35 years…and since I am now 77…

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…

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…

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.…

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…