Gracie and Ollie each caught a mouse today. The lack of a heating system has upset the balance of nature. Either the cold house or the heat of the wood stove has forced the mice that have been surreptitiously living in the walls and under the fridge to show themselves.

Jed Hartman wrote extensively about finding a humane mousetrap, and being afraid to touch the mouse (see Jed’s blog lorem ipsum). I, on the other hand, have vicious little cats who torture the mice before they die. I feel for the mice, but I know enough not to try and rescue them. I don't really worry about the mice and the cats get so much pleasure out of it.