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Hudson Gardner

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8:48

All The Energy in the World for Nothing At All

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2026/02/27

I am sitting on the floor, at a pine coffee table I bought from IKEA a few months back. Simmering on the stove is a blend of herbs I formulated for the challenges of my current stage of life.In the oven is a piece of salmon caught in a distant ocean.I am typing on a laptop that is essentially a magic rock, made of elements (Aluminum, Copper, Gold, Selenium, Silicon, rare earth metals) from supernovæ that somehow made their way to earth over inexplicable time.Its quiet in this room, in this condo in

2:55

Resistance Takes Effort

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2025/10/09

Without honesty, life becomes a pantomime. And yet it’s hard to know what’s true.I’ve found that truth unfolds in concentric rings; like ripples in a still pool of water, or the growth of a tree.And each ring references, yet also takes space from, the previous.And so only in cycles of time, and in seasons, is a kind of long term knowing revealed.It’s easy to forget that there is a kind of glacial energy to the every day, like leaves unnoticed piling in drifts in the gutters in autumn. Each day

9:09

Delivered Quietly

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2025/09/21

Vic PlaylistApple Music • SpotifyTRANSCRIPTA long time ago, I used to have some friends who liked to go around the country by riding freight trainsThey'd hitch out of Omaha or Lincoln or usually Kansas City and end up in Pennsylvania or Montana, California, ArizonaI never caught a ride with any of themI didn't really ever have the chanceBut I liked to sit with them on the rails and the bridges and watch the trains go byAnd they'd tell me about the different kinds of cars and which ones were good

6:13

It Takes A Long Time

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2025/08/01

At the checkout counter, the southeast Asian guy whose country affiliation I can’t quite figure out smiles at me and asks how my day is going. We smile back and forth, subtly catching each others eye, like we are in on the same joke that neither of us know. His haircut is high and tight, he’s got a golden wedding band, he’s always here at apna, the Indian cafeteria and grocery store I come to for cheap chai, dosas, and studying. ....Full text & photos: https://walkaround.run This is a public

17:22

Lake

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2025/07/12

LakeYou are a young girl playing on a log with your brother and dog The water in the lake clear and cold and deep, the rocks warm on the bank, little cottonwoods grow on the edge, in the distance: Mountains near enough to cast their shape on the waters surface. The water blue and green some rocks white, moved there in glacial time. One day you will be a woman Living in a city apartment And you will go down to a corner bar And you will meet a man, with curling dark hair And apricot eyes And you will

9:20

Lake Shore Document

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2025/06/23

TranscriptHello...I am on the hillside listening to two coveys of quail call back and forthThey've been slowly getting closer over the last 15 minutes, and I think they're going to link upI saw one groupThey had a bunch of fluffy little hatchlings running aroundI don't know how big the other group is thoughI'm below a range of mountains with snow and avalanche gullies, forests up the sides, larch and fir, ponderosa pineAh, wow, a western tanager just landed in a pine treeI haven't seen one yet this

11:59

Owhyee Country

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2025/05/26

There’s finality to certain things in life. One kind has to do with naming something. Another has to do with speaking its name.Listen for some thoughts on quietude in vast spaces.https://walkaround.run/p/owhyee-countryPublic lands are in the process of being sold. Call your reps!(202) 224-3121https://www.backcountryhunters.org/take_action#/Owyhee Canyonlands: Road to 30 PostcardsMore on Northern Paiute Tribal Member, and FOTO Board Member, Wilson Wewa This is a public episode. If you would like to

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37 - Globemallow

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2025/05/09

Distilled moments of presence in nature More at: https://walkaround.run This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.walkaround.run

12:39

Canyon Thinking

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2025/05/03

TranscriptHey thereSo I am walking the backside of this little meadow, forested area where my mom livesIt's on the edges of old farmland and I'm about to hop over a split rail fence, which is a little awkward, it's a little tallThere's some, a lot of native plants around here, and also some volunteers from elsewhereOregon ash and cottonwood, willow, aspenThere's a grove of hawthorn in full flowerThis is a place where deer hang outFloods in the winterIt's marshy where I am right nowI could probably

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35 - Atlant(is)

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2025/03/27

DONATIONSI am currently at a residency, in the midst of a self-funded project. Donations on Buy Me A Coffee, PayPal, or Venmo are all seriously appreciated right now—Thank you! In this episode I share a poem I wrote in Idaho last summer, reflections on the residency I'm attending, and some insight about remnants, joy, and grief—life, and death. I also have shared some photos from recent times.Listen, read, and subscribe on the website: https://walkaround.run! This is a public episode. If you would

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34 - Unravel & Reweave

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2025/03/04

If you think about it, what draws people toward something these days is often about reclaiming our humanity.What's healthful, and thus has gravity, are positive expressions about who we are, resiliency, and beauty, especially amidst hardship and grief. Dance, song, creating—expressions of our hands and bodies, and what we can do as humans. The modern craft movement is reweaving the tapestry of our culture—towards something that is functional and healthy, through our own hands and bodies.Mo Hohmann

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33 - Mā

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2025/01/01

There's a moment in most of Miyazakis films, when the dialogue and often the music cuts, and a single character (usually the protagonist) is left alone in the raw and open experience of something. It takes mastery to convey a moment such as this, a moment of space and presence.This is the kind of moment I can relate to, when I know that I am who I am, when everything makes sense, when I know right from wrong, when there is magic in the landscape around me. But this type of moment is under relentless

8:49

On Violence And Lust - A Short Note On Election Day

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2024/11/05

TranscriptThis morning I downloaded and logged into InstagramSomething I haven't done in a month or twoI mostly got off of the platform because I don't really think it's doing good things for humanityThe problem is so many people use itTheir communication and time is used up on itAnd many people have a picture of their reality from itAnd so to not participate is somehow to not exist as a creative personThis is something I've been ruminating on for yearsBut this is just such a short note because what

22:03

Nehalem

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2024/10/29

Questioning my assumptions, and an encounter with Amanita, the Fly Agaric mushroom. Be sure to check out the images of the Nehalem and Wilson as well as the dunes at Bayocean Spit on the website This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.walkaround.run

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30 - Imagine

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2024/08/09

Hello,Welcome to Walk Around. This is Hudson Gardner. It's been a little while.I've been out and about, traveling, hiking, running, doing things that I love, spending time with wonderful people, seeing beautiful things, having really beautiful conversations—learning about myself, learning about others, and by that, learning about this world we all co-create and exist in togetherI'm back in Port Townsend, where I live, and sitting in the pasture near a stand of trees on the edge of the field.It was

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29 - Heart Lessons from Poison Hemlock

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2024/05/20

Transcript (includes errors)Hello.Welcome to Walk Around.This is Hudson Gardner.I am sitting at the edge of a field where the trees come out a little bit into the grass.And there's a little secret spot surrounded by hawthorn trees, there's an aspen that has a lot of young aspen around it.And down beneath the willow tree is a place that I come and make a little fire and have tea.I want to tell you a story today.Something that happened 10 summers ago, which feels like a different life, completely

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Aquamarine

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2024/05/03

This poem came to me when I was sitting on the rocks near a wharf off water street in Port Townsend. I had climbed down off the sidewalk and found a spot where kids hang out and tag. It’s a quiet place but some other person came with a notebook and started sketching. She kept looking toward at me, and I wonder if I made it in the drawing.I’ve been out on my bike recently, and the color of the sky and water is almost unbelievable. I’ve started to notice things again, my sense of smell has begun to

19:42

Overabundance

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2024/04/19

As spring has gotten into gear around here, I've been noticing the general abundance of plant life, and weather, and birds, and social engagements—and it's got me reflecting on different kinds of abundance, overabundance, scarcity, relationships, community... From that corner of the human experience of consuming and creating the dynamic between those two aspects of our nature, you could say...Listen & Read More This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get

27:55

Thank You For Listening

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2024/03/17

This podcast covers the issue of addiction.If you are in need of help, call the national hotline, 988.Transcript (may contain errors)There's a bell that I've taken around with me wherever I've livedI can't remember where I got it, maybe in Portland at the Japanese GardenAnd I've often hung it up outside and the sound has become familiar, even as all the places I've lived have changed for so longAnd that familiar feeling just hit me as I rode up this little hill through an orchard towards the cabin

10:27

The Most Important Thing About Life Is That It Happens

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2024/01/15

A week ago I sent my friend Jen a poem I wrote called Selfheal. They told me that they too have a meaningful connection with the plant, and then sent the above image back. When I saw it, for some reason these words came: "Believe in your next steppingstone."Jim Harrison interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L3STymsjeg&t=932sListen and read more: https://www.walkaround.run/p/the-most-important-thing-about-lifeJen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chthoneural_/ This is a public episode. If

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