I've had a long-standing feud with what I consider the lowest, vilest species of rodents, rats and mice. Actually, it's more than just a feud, It's all-out war. Warning: this content isn't for the very sensitive, the gung-ho live-animal-trappers, or those who can't abide killing anything. Rodent Invasion It started about seven years ago in 2019. Before that rodents must have lurked around unnoticed, but that year they over-ran my yard like a scene in a horror movie. In broad

God’s involvement in my life, even in small things, is always a new surprise. In April of 2020, in the midst of extraordinary events, such as viral and political unrest, another extraordinary event was happening in my garden. I experienced a rodent infestation like I’d never seen before. I’m completely at peace with birds, squirrels, lizards, butterflies, and the occasional opossum and raccoon that visit my backyard paradise, but rats are unwelcomed guests (despite the fact