Author Archives: Linda Hubbard

Lots to see this Saturday morning

It’s occurred to the Dawn Jogger that she used to see more when she was running five or so times a week on the the Stanford campus. Now that she’s doing the Dish and other open space runs, there’s less … Continue reading

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Out in the wilds of sunny winter time

It had been some time since the Dawn Jogger had been out to Arastradero Preserve but she made the return today on a winter morning that was chilly in the hollows and warm at ridge top. Jogging this open space … Continue reading

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Graduated colors, graduated life

Some mornings the sunrise is just routine, no clouds setting the sky ablaze. But the Dawn Jogger thinks there’s always some early morning payoff. Today, she noticed the graduated colors of the dry lake bed, running up to the pink … Continue reading

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Blue skies, warm temps in dead of winter

The Midwest and Northeast may gripped by one of the biggest storms in decades, but February in the Bay Area continues the warm weather that marked January. It’s only chilly in the hollows of the Big Dish area. By the … Continue reading

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Space ship on Stanford campus

It ranged from prehistoric to futuristic when the Dawn Jogger decided to check out what was happening on the Stanford campus, which she largely ignores now that she’s doing the Dish three times a week. At the edge of the … Continue reading

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It’s a red-striped dawn

The Dawn Jogger could see the red stripes across the pre-dawn sky as soon as she started across the Stanford golf course second fairway. The color had intensified by the time she was at the base of the Big Dish, … Continue reading

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Weathering the elements on Windy Hill

Earlier in the week – when it was warm and sunny – the Dawn Jogger had earmarked today for a long hike up Windy Hill and back down Hamm’s Gulch or maybe even Razorback Ridge trail. The idea was to … Continue reading

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Experimenting with Saturday morning routine

The Dawn Jogger has been jogging solo for over four years. But during that period that the male DJ lived with brain cancer, the two had tried to get back a bit of their Saturday morning fitness routine, which, in … Continue reading

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The art of the herd

So, to all those friends who have been shivering while the San Francisco Bay Area basked in sunshine, winter – or at least as it’s experienced here – crept back in today. There was no glorious sunrise this morning, no … Continue reading

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Art on a pole – or pole grafitti

Now that the female Dawn Jogger is doing the Dish at least three times a week, she sees less of what’s happening on the Stanford campus. She’s always been too early to see actual people, except for the maintenance crews. … Continue reading

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