Contrary Contrails
The wide-open blue sky of Eastern Oregon thrills me. If I can get high enough like on a second or third floor of a building or up the side of a hill, I feel like I can see so much better.

The other morning, I was looking out my hotel window to see four sunrise pink contrails slashing across a light blue morning sky. “Contrails” is short for condensation trail. They are line-shaped clouds produced by airplane and jet engine…