Is it Spring Yet? The Catnip Story Finally the long awaited catnip story makes its way to the internet. Have a chill day.
Is it Spring Yet? September 12, 2023 Grandma Has a Gripe What could Grandma Meow Moses, the finest of the fine, possibly have to complain about?
The Cleaver Family August 24, 2023 Heat Wave Causes a Dam Truce Some call it a heat wave. Some call it a truce. You be the judge.
The Cleaver Family August 13, 2023 The Cleaver Update Catch up with the Cleavers and all their doings in the black hole just outside Harmony Grove.
Is it Spring Yet? June 26, 2023 No More Mr. Daisy A magical ninety day adventure in the lives of Millie and Sven.
Animals are People too June 16, 2023 Tuna Was a Good Boy A moment to cherish when Tuna shows compassion.
The Cleaver Family June 6, 2023 The Black Hole Complaint Department Grandma Meow Moses tells it like it is as founder and head of the Black Hole...
Is it Spring Yet? May 30, 2023 Midwest Slammed with Decent Holiday Weather Decent holiday weather catches folks off their game in the Midwest.
Is it Spring Yet? May 19, 2023 Grandma Outlives Fountain of Youth Fountain of youth croaks and life goes on in the black hole just outside Harmony Grove.
Is it Spring Yet? May 4, 2023 Hunter Bunter Dear Hunter, Love and longing always. A year without you, cherished spots hold your ashes. Life...
Is it Spring Yet? April 26, 2023 Grandma Meow Moses and the Fountain of Youth Life has changed a lot since the days of Ponce de Leon.Ask Grandma.All I had to...
Who's Who Case April 18, 2023 Life After the Who’s Who Case Now that everyone is getting along. Let us catch up with Tuna and Grandma Meow Moses.
Is it Spring Yet? March 30, 2023 Watch Cat Tuna patrols his turf the same as Hunter Bunter always did. Hunter is on his way...
The Cleaver Family March 25, 2023 Mr. Cleaver Is Awake SEASON TWOOn the second day of spring, a blanket of snow covered the black hole just...
Is it Spring Yet? March 19, 2023 Feline Rastafarian Grandma Meow Moses lives in an assisted living apartment downstairs from my sweet Sven, Tuna our...
Is it Spring Yet? March 16, 2023 Hunter Learns to Fly Dear Mom and Dad,Sorry I haven’t written for a while. But you know that we are...
Who's Who Case January 25, 2023 Chapter 4 – A Who’s Who of Who is Attempting to Murder Who Series The adorable snitch tells it like it is.
Is it Spring Yet? September 21, 2022 Grandma Meow Moses’ Story The day my new parents, Millie and Sven came to pick me up from my apartment...
The Cleaver Family September 3, 2022 The Passive Aggressive War Millie was talking about their chaos filled lives that followed the loss of their beloved King...
Is it Spring Yet? August 26, 2022 A Letter From Furgatory Hi,I cannot believe it has already been four months since that nice lady with all the...
Is it Spring Yet? August 20, 2022 A Rhinestone Cowboy Not everyone could make it to Christmas at the cottage this summer.One of the missing persons...
The Cleaver Family August 3, 2022 Tree Huggers and the Cleavers When I arrived at the home of Millie and Sven, I found a petite woman in...
The Cleaver Family July 24, 2022 Dam Pond Here in the black hole just outside Harmony Grove sits a dam pond and next to...
The Cleaver Family July 6, 2022 The Cleavers “Did you hear that?” I whispered.My sweet Sven did not respond.I rolled over in the dark...
Is it Spring Yet? June 25, 2022 Flying Sisters “Look. A restroom,” said my sister.“Get on the plane.”“But.” she grumbled.I glared and she walked up...
Animals are People too June 6, 2022 The Next Chapter There are some big shoes to fill around here now that Hunter, king of the jungle...
The Cleaver Family May 21, 2022 Chaos Without a King Three kings and three decades later my sweet Sven and I remain here in the black...
Is it Spring Yet? May 17, 2022 Week One My sweet Sven and I have not been able to carry on a conversation without being...
Is it Spring Yet? April 22, 2022 Hunter Bunter In one fell swoop Hunter Bunter picked up his head, let out a bark, laid his...
Titanic Trio April 6, 2022 The Titanic Trio and Cuggly The Titanic Trio take care of the invasion of the opossum.
Is it Spring Yet? March 28, 2022 The Season in Between the Season in Between According to the placement of the moon and the sun and the stars and the prevailing...
Is it Spring Yet? March 12, 2022 Spring Training March is the month we Wisconsinites dream about.This is when euphoria hits us in the face...
Is it Spring Yet? February 26, 2022 Grandma Loses Dreadlocks Everybody has a secret.Grandma Meow Moses is no exception.Although she is often pictured on my website...
Is it Spring Yet? February 16, 2022 Cookie Eyes This is Hunter.He is our very own living legend here in the black hole just outside...
Is it Spring Yet? September 22, 2021 Never Ending Summer Ends The orange cones will forever be there and today’s Bloody Mary is as likely as tomorrow’s...
Titanic Trio August 29, 2021 Bark Man Adds Sling to Arsenal Bark Man has new weapon to assist with his crime fighting days.
Is it Spring Yet? August 26, 2021 The Main Event Twenty pounds of sloppy Joes, are twenty pounds too many.But, I am not here to complain...
Is it Spring Yet? August 11, 2021 Just a Little Side Story Keeler Christmas in August had quite a turn out this year.As Grandma Jan, would have said,...
Is it Spring Yet? July 15, 2021 Where Credit is Due Here in the black hole outside of Harmony Grove, where there are not enough gigabytes to...
Is it Spring Yet? June 29, 2021 The Coupon Boys For fifty dollars my sweet Sven and another coupon boy bought a brown boat of a...
Is it Spring Yet? June 22, 2021 Beware of Grandma These bright green eyes and whiskers belong to Grandma Meow Moses.We have another cat as well.He...
Is it Spring Yet? June 8, 2021 What is the Rush? “We are not in any hurry,” says my sweet Sven.“Why did you say that?”“Contractors love to...
Is it Spring Yet? May 28, 2021 Jurassic Yard It all began earlier in May when I brought home my first batch of flowers.
Titanic Trio May 4, 2021 The Titanic Trio Episode Three A typical day in the lives of typical super heroes.
Titanic Trio April 26, 2021 The Titanic Trio Episode Two Super heroes take super naps while Millie Noe enjoys a moment of silence. Do not miss it,
Is it Spring Yet? April 13, 2021 Grandma Jan’s Couch At first I thought it was the trailer causing all the commotion.Last fall my sweet Sven...
Is it Spring Yet? April 6, 2021 Paisley Moon Friends My sweet Sven and I took in Hunter when he was four.He had no place to...
Is it Spring Yet? March 31, 2021 The New Twenty Will you still need me? Will you still feed me? I just turned sixty-four.My sweet Sven...
Is it Spring Yet? March 23, 2021 Opposite Day in the Black Hole Opposite day.Bizarro world.You say goodbye.I say hello.However you want to put it, it happened here in...
Is it Spring Yet? March 16, 2021 Hunter, Moses and Punk “Good afternoon Ms. Meow Moses.” “Good afternoon. Thank you for having me.” “I understand that you...
Is it Spring Yet? March 3, 2021 A Day in the Life of a Picses It is March.Time to mess with Pisces.Which begins at the information window that one must visit...
Is it Spring Yet? October 15, 2020 Last Bloom I wasn’t always like this when I woke up. You know how it is when you...
Is it Spring Yet? October 8, 2020 Patrick Patrick heard the first chapter of, The Perfect Storm, while cruising around the countryside with his...
Is it Spring Yet? September 28, 2020 Procrastination Station [ proh-kras-tuh-ney-shuhn ]Such a confusing word, is it not?It infers that a person is pro putting...
Is it Spring Yet? September 13, 2020 Lost Art of the Hypochondriac I was in a deep trance and nearing Sticky Bay.All I could hear was the steady...
Is it Spring Yet? September 8, 2020 The Wedding Weddings are fun.But you know how it is for the people involved.There is so much stress.What...
Is it Spring Yet? August 29, 2020 A Love Triangle Of course I feel guilty.Sneaking around wears me out.Living a double life is exhausting.But it is...
Is it Spring Yet? August 11, 2020 Big Kids’ Hill If you were to take the skinny path on the left, the easiest way home would...
Is it Spring Yet? July 30, 2020 Of Mice and Me One cannot choose one’s lot in life.But, what one chooses to do after birth, is one’s...
Is it Spring Yet? July 21, 2020 Mashed Potatoes Do not let golden skin fool you.Sure.Those potatoes make crispy hash browns.And they steam like a...
Is it Spring Yet? July 16, 2020 The Cottage This story is dedicated to Jan and Susie.We miss you so.And to you Vicki.Although nobody can...
Is it Spring Yet? June 26, 2020 The Other Side You know those inspirational sayings about never really losing someone because they are walking right beside...
Is it Spring Yet? June 20, 2020 Tuna the Teenager If I open the closet door to throw an item into the recycle bin.Tuna pops out...
Is it Spring Yet? June 10, 2020 The Pretty Pond Hunter doesn’t do the dog paddle.He prefers to sit in water.On the thirty acre kingdom that...
Is it Spring Yet? May 28, 2020 Ants The internet is slow here in our little black hole.But my Sweet Sven and I don’t...
May 21, 2020 Grandma Meow Meow Moves In When I broke the news to Hunter, he picked his head up off the rug and...
May 15, 2020 The Impossible Movie Critic “This one is a comedy drama,” said my sweet Sven. “What year is it?” I said....
May 6, 2020 Too Old To Be Young My sweet Sven was standing in front of me. He had a funny look on his...
April 29, 2020 Four Legged Walkers Walking is good for you. Hunter, our little puppy dog who is ancient, Tunester, the cat...
April 19, 2020 Does This Mask Make My Mouth Look Big? Remember when Guess were jeans? Corona was beer? And when the Who was a band? I...
April 16, 2020 The Hunter and Tuna Connection Hunter’s side of the story. I do not hate Tuna. It’s just that I am a...
April 9, 2020 A Farewell to Maxwelle Smarte Tall, dark and handsome, Maxwelle Smarte and his equally pretty, fair skinned brother, Morrie Amsterdam, moved...
April 2, 2020 Sven Goes to Hollywood “I think I would be really good at that,” said my sweet Sven. “Really good at...
March 28, 2020 BS Club Goes All Techy “Get the App,” she said. And so we did. Because Angelique is brilliant. We in Wisconsin,...
March 24, 2020 King of Jungle Moves to Guest Room It is hard to know what is true and what is not true. That is why,...
March 18, 2020 The Accidental Hoarder About a million years ago when my Sweet Sven and I were first married, I had...
September 12, 2019 The Heart of My Sole Sven bought a pair of new tennis shoes the other day because his eight year old...
September 6, 2019 Morphine and Toast “What is your pain level?” asked the pretty nurse. “Four,” answers my sweet Sven. “I’ll get...
August 28, 2019 The Staging Area Old dogs are peculiar. Especially if they were peculiar to begin with. And our Hunter, his...
August 22, 2019 Deliverance II The six of us waited in line to hang priceless ornaments as our mother unwrapped them...
July 24, 2019 Old Like Me In my twenties, I ceased to produce melanin in the roots of my hair. And then...
July 17, 2019 The Accidental Athlete I had been pedaling my bike for days and days. Week in and week out. And...
June 19, 2019 That One Guy “It’s an eyesore,” complained our hoity toity canine. He was talking about the deck my sweet...
June 12, 2019 101 Reasons Not to Eat an Apple a Day An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Is a well known saying to a generation...
June 3, 2019 School of a Def Dog “Pour some sugar on me, baby!!!!” This is Hunter’s favorite line from Hunter’s favorite song. He...
May 25, 2019 House of Rude Sleepers Fine. I will admit it. I am a cover hog. But, that does not make me...
May 10, 2019 The Power of Paint When life gets you down. Get out your brush. Or else go to the hardware store...
May 3, 2019 The Mallow Cup Discussion “Everyone was doing it,” he said. My sweet Sven and I were sitting on our living...
April 24, 2019 A DEE-luxe Furnace Room The carriers were set in the living room. The doors were ajar. Max, the black cat...
April 16, 2019 Les Soups Stories Our favorite cookbook, like everyone’s favorite cookbook is worn out, full of scribbles and some of...
April 6, 2019 King of Jungle is Grounded Article by Gertie Judgemore Hunter, Tug-o-War Champion of the World and newly crowned King of the...
March 30, 2019 Retirement 101 Millie Noe here. Philosopher of life. Knower of all. Master of nary a thing. That is,...
March 23, 2019 Secret Lives of Kings of Jungles Hunter is my little puppy dog. And, King of the Jungle. The wildlife around here and...
September 23, 2018 For the Love of Socks An Exclusive interview with the man with the most socks, my husband. “Sven, why do you...
August 30, 2018 The Closer You’ve got your watch dogs, your lap dogs and your hound dogs. You’ve got your flea...
Is it Spring Yet? August 19, 2018 The Muzz on Inn Millie Noe, hotel inspector. On duty. It was easy to get in to this place. The...
August 9, 2018 Get in the Front And now, the line that made my mother famous. “Get in the front.” You might be...
July 21, 2018 The Other Venus and Serena Even though we only sing along with David Allan Coe a few times during the wee...
July 4, 2018 Dogs Just Wanna Have Fun Yes, they wanna. Yes, they wanna. Dogs just wanna have fun. Just because Cyndi sings about...
June 25, 2018 A Great Catch I wasn’t there that day. But I did notice the stump that was left behind. And...
June 14, 2018 The Lunch Bunch “You got yer deep fried turkey.” “Yer cream style turkey.” “Yer turkey fried steak.” “Would you...
May 29, 2018 Tug-O-War Once again, Hunter, Sven and I are revving up for the big day. To an onlooker...
May 17, 2018 A Documentary My sweet Sven is convinced that there are plans underway for his seventieth. “Why do you...
May 11, 2018 Give Me an F “I think it starts with an F,” said the little girl with directionally challenged, golden waves....
April 30, 2018 Iceland It is so easy. All it is, is water. I think the complication begins when you...
April 23, 2018 One Adam Hunter Hunter is one third lab. This is why he doesn’t pay any attention to any rules....
April 15, 2018 Norbert True confessions. By Millie Noe. It was dark. It was icy. And then I took a...
April 8, 2018 The Dog Who Cried Woof Remember when Lassie would let out one little woof and Paul Martin would say, “What’s the...
March 31, 2018 Life of A Pricing Specialist Everything I have ever aspired to be has begun with the letter A. Early on I...
March 24, 2018 A Story with a Slant Sven’s grandpa was hard of hearing. That’s why he used to park his red pick up...
November 2, 2017 Car 42 Where Are You? coach black fridaynorth face black friday Some people name their cars. Car 42 came with a...
October 28, 2017 The Mole It all started with that mole. You see, a little time had elapsed since my last...
October 22, 2017 The Psychatrist “What’s that?” I said to Sven, walking in the kitchen door. There was an opened card...
October 13, 2017 Red Rubber Ball I think it’s gonna be all right. Yes, the worst is over now. The morning sun...
October 7, 2017 A Diversified Living Room I was sitting on a chair holding a coffee cup the size of a thimble. It...
October 1, 2017 The Sun One Friday evening, not so long ago, Sven decided to change a light bulb. It was...
September 16, 2017 The Johnson Brothers There were four of us, my sweet Sven, Burt, Claudette and myself, staring into the yellow,...
September 5, 2017 A True Story about a special T-shirt The following story is about a donkey, a van and a T-shirt. The donkey and the...
August 30, 2017 Third Place And now, will the third place winner, please step forward?” Something went wrong out there in...
August 25, 2017 One Ringy Dingy Remember the operator on Laugh-In? Back in my mother’s day that was how you made a...
August 16, 2017 Pulp Reality I miss the flowers. Don’t you wish you could go back to a time when you...
July 30, 2017 The Ruby Marie My cell rang. I pulled it out of my pocket, looked at the name and let...
July 24, 2017 The Photo Bomber adidas yeezy It was last Thursday. It was five PM. I was starving. That is why...
July 16, 2017 True Confessions I married a bad ass. He was born on New Year’s Eve. The year was 1948....
July 6, 2017 Sergio and the Pope cheap air jordans More than thirty years ago I married my sweet Sven. A guy who...
June 24, 2017 Millie Noe, Sports Writer – A Bird’s Eye View Ever since the Yankees won the World Series in 1996 and the camera was forever on...
June 17, 2017 No Place Like Home Remember back when you were the same age as the amount of times you saw The...
June 6, 2017 Don’t Drink the Water yeezy boost 350 uk buy Remember when there was no need for bottled water? When you...
May 29, 2017 If You Can’t Be With the Toes You Love, Love the Toes You’re With This is a story of a day where nothing really goes right and nothing really goes...
May 18, 2017 George Meyer Taliesin What I really wanted was a dog. And I wanted a leash. I wanted a dog...
May 9, 2017 Duck Creek It was before Nafta and it was back when vertical blinds were popular. I know this...
April 30, 2017 A Gift of Zen from Sven nike roshe run 2 Maybe it was that story about the sterling silver rat earrings that...
April 21, 2017 Bird Watching 101 You might not guess that I am a bird watcher at first glance, because I don’t...
April 14, 2017 The Big Heist You’ve heard of The Thomas Crown Affair and The Maltese Falcon. You’ve seen Ocean’s 12, Once...
April 9, 2017 I SEE LONDON It was 3:00 PM. I’d just gotten off work and smelled of French Fries, rubber soled...
April 2, 2017 Another Case of Mistaken Identity I paid for my gas at the pump on that cold morning in November before the...
March 19, 2017 My Dad and Eric Clapton I was my father’s favorite. “What’s that Louisa?” Let me rephrase that. My Dad liked me...
March 5, 2017 The Rock-chettes “Millie, the name is pronounced Rah-chester. Not Rock-chester.” “No it isn’t. It’s Rock-chester.” “There’s no K.”...
February 22, 2017 Lobster Night The Trifecta Lobster Night is special. It is one evening a year that a certain gang...
February 13, 2017 Millie Noe, Love Expert Dear Millie, I have been dating Sherri for a couple of months now and I really...
August 27, 2016 The Wiper from Hell Last winter we went skiing in Minocqua. It was on that trip that Sven discovered that...
August 17, 2016 The Millie and Sven Honeymoon “Oh my God,” I said, sitting on the seat of the city bus with my thirteen...
July 26, 2016 Up North She stomped away, all two feet of her, arms folded and her little flip flops on...
June 29, 2016 The Tooth Fairy I was under the impression that if I ever published a book, balloons would fall from...
June 12, 2016 The Chorus Frogs As we mature beyond middle age, the amount of time that was once spent doing the...
May 21, 2016 Woodstock the Movie “Well,” said my mother who was sitting across the kitchen table from me, “your uncle says...
May 9, 2016 A Must Read Do you know what DPI means? I didn’t either. It means dots per fucking inch. Do you...
April 26, 2016 The Dream Ride – Chapter One An unlikely road trip with an unlikely pair. See what happens when humor blogger Millie...
April 15, 2016 Thunder and Lightening My neighbor stood at the end of our driveway and continued talking as I swiped an...
April 2, 2016 The Children of the Grove It was early afternoon and my first born and I were hanging out in the kitchen. He...
March 21, 2016 The Birds and the What? I was eleven when my world all came crashing in. You know, the world before the...
March 13, 2016 Boat Sailing Days March. Best month ever. My sister Louisa, disagrees. She thinks April is the best. What? You...
March 5, 2016 The Devil Wears Green “Shit!” “What’s wrong?” said my brother. “I think I might have told Tee Jay, that I would...
February 25, 2016 Millie Meets a Poet I saw Canada for the first time in the the summer of 1986. That is...
December 5, 2015 All My Turkeys Why, do I look like I am standing on the set of, Days of our Lives? It is because...
November 21, 2015 According to the Internet Millie Noe has tennis elbow. And that’s weird, because, she hasn’t held onto a racket,...
November 11, 2015 What’s in Your Rearview Mirror? On that beautiful, sunny afternoon, I glanced in my rear view mirror. “Well, go around me,” I...
November 4, 2015 Lovely Daughter [one_half][/one_half] [one_half_last] I wanted to be Mrs. Brown’s, Lovely Daughter. I cannot believe that girl broke...
Is it Spring Yet? October 29, 2015 Burnt Dam Hotel “ROW LOW,” she said to my mother. “ROW LOW,” she said again. My mother just stared at...
October 21, 2015 Let it Snow Millie Noe’s agent. Millie Noe’s book. And Millie Noe. “I have to say, I think that it...
October 11, 2015 A Staycation with Hunter “I found my passion,” said Giselle’s sister one day, as we floated around in the warm sun,...
October 1, 2015 Time to Run I learned almost everything I know about horses by watching, Mr. Ed. So, it is not really...
September 20, 2015 Bobby McGee My eyes mist as I drive by the place they make sausage. I pray that a truck will not...
September 6, 2015 A Boat Named Caulk The saying goes that the best two days of your life, are the day you buy...
Is it Spring Yet? August 29, 2015 The Price is Wrong “Millie Noe, come on down.” Life is a game show. I prefer stories. And I don’t even...
August 20, 2015 Have a Little Faith in Me August 16th, 2015, 2:00 A.M. I was tired. I crawled into bed with previously unnoticed blisters on the...
July 29, 2015 Baseball Has Been Berra Good To Me Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night! My mother was eleven years old at the time. ...
July 18, 2015 Please Mr. Postman Look and see. Is there a letter? A letter for me? The following is a paraphrased email conversation,...
July 15, 2015 Message Pending I was twenty-three. I was pregnant. And I did not need to take Lamaze classes. “I don’t feel...
July 3, 2015 Did you say Shish Kabob? My eighteen year old eyes were just as wide as my eighteen year old mouth. I looked...
June 20, 2015 Ghosts Are People Too Prelude I do not like scary movies. Because they are scary. There is always the guy with the...
April 7, 2015 Millie is Cured Do you suffer from an acute, potty mouth? I did. And I don’t mean it was, A cute, as...
March 29, 2015 Where is Hunter? Do your pets try to sabotage your vacations too? Do they see you packing your suitcase and...
March 23, 2015 Colonoscopy Day with Millie and Sven “You are a perfect asshole,” said the doctor as we stood in front of the screen, viewing...
November 27, 2014 SVEN THE ALMIGHTY HUNTER Sven has a Thanksgiving story he would like to share. It’s a story that I have heard many, many, times,...
November 8, 2014 Invasion of the Mushrooms Unless a flying saucer falls out of the sky and crashes on the ground right in...
Is it Spring Yet? September 30, 2014 Nobody Ever Asks That Question Remember back one day, long ago, when you were just a twenty-three year old girl and you were...
August 10, 2014 Squash Bugs Anyone? How do I know that my garden has squash bugs? Because the other day I was...
July 28, 2014 The Trouble with Summer The trouble with summer is that floating with friends is not conducive to gardening and it seems that...
July 5, 2014 A Sac Religious Gardener My sister who lives in Georgia sent me an email last week that said, “My...
June 17, 2014 Millie Makes a Splash Double Click on the link below to see Millie make good on her cold water challenge. Http://Youtu.be/IFzyqGcPWEg
June 14, 2014 It’s A Girl! That’s right folks, Millie and Sven’s Easy Girl has produced an offspring. “What?” “Oh, sorry. Millie...
June 3, 2014 Yogi Bear and the Twister It was the third Wednesday of June. The year was 2004. The Place was Jellystone Park. It was...
Is it Spring Yet? May 26, 2014 Gardening Tips from Millie and Sven – Part II Memorial Weekend can be such a busy time, what with all the cookouts, parades and boat...
May 14, 2014 Gardening Tips from Millie and Sven Here we are already thinking of planting our gardens. I don’t know about you but my leaves are...
Is it Spring Yet? April 20, 2014 A Road Trip with Millie and Sven CHAPTER I It’s a shame that I did not write when I was...
May 11, 2013 Must be Strong – Chapter 2 The question remains. Did Sven ever meet face to face with his only Facebook friend and his...
April 26, 2013 YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR The only credentials this Mole Exterminator Guy has is a Rabies Tag. As far as I know...
March 31, 2013 THE BALLS OF GROUPON Me: I can not believe Groupon’s balls. Sven: Who’s Groopon? Me: It’s not who, it’s what....
