Walk to work . . .

Almost every morning I walk to work and wave to craftsmen, workers, bankers, (I don't wave at lawyers), people taking kids to school, etc. . . . and I also check in with my friend - The River Otter (a North American River Otter to be exact).  I watch him fish.  He watches me drink my coffee.  We are both up early and we notice the same things.  The entire Cedar River is ours for a few moments everyday.  Nature and the changing seasons at their best.  I saw him last winter and the winter before.  I never see him in the summer, he must go back downstream?  He catches the walleyes I can't.  I settle for baked Hake.