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Jonathan Make

Old-school motoring in the West

My family and I recently drove a few thousand miles around the sometimes vast and vacant expanses of the West with an internal combustion…

Aug 10, 2024

Old-school motoring in the West

Aug 10, 2024

An electric vehicle drive to remember

Coasting into Rawlins, out of electric charge, I started to wonder if this was another one of my quixotic quests. You see, I am a bit of an…

Mar 17, 2024

An electric vehicle drive to remember

Mar 17, 2024

RIP US media as we knew it

Mar 2, 2024

Mar 2, 2024

Keep Austin weird: do offbeat things

Visiting Austin is quickly turning out to be one of the best family vacations. When you consider the few days we have been here and the…

Dec 20, 2023

Keep Austin weird: do offbeat things

Dec 20, 2023

In D.C., 911 can be a joke

“911 is a joke,” Public Enemy rapped, in 1990, in a song of the same name. “I dialed 911 a long time ago.”

Aug 29, 2023

In D.C., 911 can be a joke

Aug 29, 2023

Canine community policing

The Cheyenne Police Department’s best ambassadors to the community may not be human. They have four legs. They can bark, chase, search…

May 12, 2023

Canine community policing

May 12, 2023

Roadside Policing

Imagine you have just been pulled over by the police for a traffic infraction. A typical law-abiding citizen, you are unaware of the safety…

Apr 25, 2023

Roadside Policing

Apr 25, 2023

Correctly Spelling ‘Evaporation’ Nets Cooper Smith a Trip to Scripps National Spelling Bee

ROCK SPRINGS — Cooper Smith early this afternoon won the opportunity to represent Wyoming in a closely watched national spelling contest.

Apr 1, 2023

Correctly Spelling ‘Evaporation’ Nets Cooper Smith a Trip to Scripps National Spelling Bee

Apr 1, 2023

SRO city meeting told shelter and Cheyenne might extend their deal

It was again standing room only, at another City Council hearing that included discussion on safeguarding stray pets, this afternoon at the…

Mar 20, 2023

SRO city meeting told shelter and Cheyenne might extend their deal

Mar 20, 2023

End of the Line

It was a strange day on the railroad — and not even a long day, either.

Mar 2, 2023

End of the Line

Mar 2, 2023

Extra passenger

It was an interesting day on the railroad, by far the most eventful for me yet.

Feb 26, 2023

Extra passenger

Feb 26, 2023

Up all night — and all day

Railroad time simply does not move like regular clock time. In so many ways, and for so many reasons.

Feb 7, 2023

Up all night — and all day

Feb 7, 2023

I’m a goner for ‘Gone Girl’

Both of them surely deserve each other.

Jan 26, 2023

I’m a goner for ‘Gone Girl’

Jan 26, 2023

A graduation of sorts

Yesterday felt like a small milestone at work. Every member of our class of half a dozen conductors in training, plus even me, has…

Jan 13, 2023

Jan 13, 2023

Review of ‘Guncle’

This is one of the most fun books I have read in a while. Even among works of fiction, it just has a certain vitality to it. I think we can…

Dec 26, 2022

Review of ‘Guncle’

Dec 26, 2022

Missing journalism?

I was a professional journalist for 30 years. Until several months ago, it was the only permanent full-time job I had ever done.

Dec 19, 2022

Missing journalism?

Dec 19, 2022

Meet (cute) Fred

I shouldn’t have been surprised when I walked out of the Cheyenne Animal Shelter with Fred.

Apr 22, 2022

Meet (cute) Fred

Apr 22, 2022

Saying goodbye to DC

I never do well with goodbyes.

Feb 18, 2022

Saying goodbye to DC

Feb 18, 2022

Selling our family car with Carvana

In hindsight, I shouldn’t have been surprised that I was sad to sell our family car. The 2015 Chevrolet Volt has given us few problems and…

Jan 24, 2022

Selling our family car with Carvana

Jan 24, 2022

Pandemic-Era Car Buying

Plus, a helping hand from our auto consigliere, Paulo

Jan 21, 2022

Pandemic-Era Car Buying

Jan 21, 2022

Jonathan Make

Jonathan Make

I work at USPTO but my views only here. Buff about good journalism, writing, art & culture. Heart my family, pals, and pets.

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