a bit of good news...

... on the environmental front (Tuesday's election results notwithstanding):

Yesterday Matthew and I watched 4 otters swimming in the pond beside our house. Yes - OTTERS - which, I've been told, have not been seen in the Rouge River watershed for over 50 years.

So the "Willowgrove Creek" song I wrote nearly 5 years ago, based on the story I'd heard then, has come true... again... and we got to see it with our own eyes.