Search: label/train town The Sticks. by Lori Dwyer on April 29, 2013 · 8 comments I find myself occasionally feeling as though I have to defend my decision to live contentedly here in TinyTrainTown– in the sticks. Semi–rural. Bush. ‘All the way out here’. Each and every courier, tradesman or journo who’s ever come to […]

Search: label/trains The Coolest Toy I’ve Ever Seen. by Lori Dwyer on December 17, 2012 · 7 comments As we’ve discussed many times before, my kids have a thing for trains. Steam trains, in particular. I consider it some kind of karmic punishment. I hated Thomas as a kid, probably only because my younger brother […]

tinytraintown The Sticks. by Lori Dwyer on April 29, 2013 · 8 comments I find myself occasionally feeling as though I have to defend my decision to live contentedly here in TinyTrainTown– in the sticks. Semi–rural. Bush. ‘All the way out here’. Each and every courier, tradesman or journo who’s ever come to the TinyTrainHouse […]

station house The Sticks. by Lori Dwyer on April 29, 2013 · 8 comments I find myself occasionally feeling as though I have to defend my decision to live contentedly here in TinyTrainTown– in the sticks. Semi–rural. Bush. ‘All the way out here’. Each and every courier, tradesman or journo who’s ever come to the […]

Search: label/StationHouse The Sticks. by Lori Dwyer on April 29, 2013 · 8 comments I find myself occasionally feeling as though I have to defend my decision to live contentedly here in TinyTrainTown– in the sticks. Semi–rural. Bush. ‘All the way out here’. Each and every courier, tradesman or journo who’s ever come to the […]

Crazy Cat Lady Chronicles The Bus On Putty Road by Lori Dwyer on April 5, 2013 · 3 comments You might remember that just before Christmas, my mate Auntie Mickey and I went urban exploring on the Putty Road. One of the more amazing things we discovered was The Bus, and the many rumours that […]

Tweet The Money Matters by Lori Dwyer on June 7, 2012 · 3 comments Links in this post have been sponsored. But you should totally read it anyway, because it’s a good one. OK? OK. I love to shop. As we’ve discussed before, I am an anti-fashionista– I find keeping up with trends difficult, expensive […]

yup this one’s sponsored A Mother’s Day GiveAway (To make up for all those other presents you’ll get). by Lori Dwyer on April 19, 2013 · 16 comments This Mother’s Day giveaway happily brought to you by David Jones online store. Mother’s Day in Australia is the second Sunday in May. It’s somewhat of a […]

Tweet Why ‘Goddess’ was the worst movie I’ve ever seen. by Lori Dwyer on March 18, 2013 · 12 comments A fortnight or so ago, I was invited to a real actual red–carpet movie premiere. With free popcorn and introduction speeches from the director and famous people and everything. It was one of those cases […]

stationhouse Karma Blockers. by Lori Dwyer on March 13, 2013 · 12 comments Annnnd… this*. I’m never sure if it’s the chicken or the egg that comes first– if I get depressed because I let that procrastination take over, or if that procrastination taking over is a symptom of the beginnings of depression. But they […]

Tweet The Thing With Cats, Part Two. by Lori Dwyer on January 23, 2013 · 2 comments Someone commented on Twitter a few days ago that, just perhaps, TinyTrainTown is very bad juju for cats. The TinyTrainHouse, in particular. I’m thinking they may have a point. I guess the easiest way to break this is […]

Tweet Spring Cleaning The TinyTrainHouse by Lori Dwyer on September 28, 2012 · 12 comments I am one of those truly odd people who take great pleasure in cleaning my house. It’s right up there with doing laundry in terms of smug satisfaction– while there is no smug satisfaction that competes with bringing in a […]

Tweet Spring Cleaning The TinyTrainHouse by Lori Dwyer on September 28, 2012 · 12 comments I am one of those truly odd people who take great pleasure in cleaning my house. It’s right up there with doing laundry in terms of smug satisfaction– while there is no smug satisfaction that competes with bringing in a […]

The TTD Shield, Part One by Lori Dwyer on May 21, 2012 · 6 comments in Uncategorized “From little things, big things grow…” Paul Kelly Friday was a big one. I zoomed into Sydney CBD Friday morning for the Bisolvon ‘I Hate People Coughing On My Kids’ lunch, complete with real live very silent mime. […]

Tweet Section Eight: Science, Non-Fiction- #ausdigitalfuture by Lori Dwyer on June 20, 2012 · 7 comments “Never trust anything that thinks for itself if you can’t see where it keeps it’s brain.” Arthur Weasley, Harry Potter and Philosopher’s Stone. *** Almost a year ago, I transferred my entire CD collection to iTunes… which proceeded to […]

Tweet The Coolest Toy I’ve Ever Seen. by Lori Dwyer on December 17, 2012 · 8 comments As we’ve discussed many times before, my kids have a thing for trains. Steam trains, in particular. I consider it some kind of karmic punishment. I hated Thomas as a kid, probably only because my younger brother adored […]

Tweet The Thing With Cats by Lori Dwyer on October 24, 2012 · 13 comments I really should know better than to make bold, sweeping statements like “It’s been a bad week. The next one has to be better.” You’d think, with karma and broken mirror–type–surfaces kicking my existential arse, I would know better already. […]

Tweet I’m Fine by Lori Dwyer on June 12, 2012 · 15 comments I’m fine. I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine. I choose to go back to see Charlie, using the Medicare sessions I have hoarded because I had a feeling I would need them… it had to come to a point like this eventually. […]

Tweet Cat. by Lori Dwyer on August 24, 2012 · 14 comments “Our cat has got no name, We simply call him Cat. He doesn’t seem to blame anyone for that.” A verse from a half-remembered poem I read as a child that still goes round and round in my mind sometimes. Mr Tree the […]

Search: label/stupid things lori does The Cure To Having Too Much To Do (and two very cute Santas). by Lori Dwyer on November 23, 2012 · 4 comments Hotel rooms are perfect for suspending reality. I stayed in the Palais Royale hotel at Katoomba last weekend, thanks to hotels.com and their Welcome Rewards program- it’s […]

Tweet The Secret Garden- Australian Gothic, Part One. by Lori Dwyer on September 19, 2012 · 3 comments “She spread herself wide open to let the insects in She leaves a trail of honey to show me where she’s been She has the blood of reptile just underneath her skin Seeds from a thousand others […]

Tweet Not Funny. by Lori Dwyer on May 31, 2012 · 13 comments It’s raining. I am in a foul mood- my kids are not well, their ears are sore and they are grumpy; the weather is miserable and it’s five degrees colder in TinyTrainTown than anywhere else. I tap my foot impatiently as I […]

Tweet Not Funny. by Lori Dwyer on May 31, 2012 · 13 comments It’s raining. I am in a foul mood- my kids are not well, their ears are sore and they are grumpy; the weather is miserable and it’s five degrees colder in TinyTrainTown than anywhere else. I tap my foot impatiently as I […]

Tweet Thy Geek Shall Inherit Thy Earth by Lori Dwyer on October 23, 2012 · 4 comments I don’t watch TV. My children are slightly addicted to it- I don’t care to admit just how much of a coping mechanism it really is for my little boy– but it’s been a couple of year ssince […]

Tweet “What The F*ck…” by Lori Dwyer on May 30, 2012 · 13 comments If you leave my Tiny Train House and turn away from civilization, rather than toward it, you’ll find yourself following an overgrown, rusted train line, the sleepers rotted and filled with termites, an occasional piece of abandoned rail machinery dotted the […]