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Category Archives: New Zealand

Remarkables mountain range at dusk

455 Remarkable Days (On Staying In One Place For A Long Time)

June 23, 2016by Too Mutch For Words 3 Comments

For the last 455 days, one very settled position (we bought a house!) offered unexpected views, and a brand new perspective on what I’d previously considered familiar scenery. . .

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Choices & Philosophies, Destinations, Nature & Environment, New Zealand, South Pacific
making Kiwi pavlova

Flavor of The Week: Pavlova

May 2, 2016by Too Mutch For Words 2 Comments

The perfect Kiwi woman knows the tricks of a perfect pavlova. But I’m only an immigrant, so I cheated: with $4.95, 5 minutes and the premixed Edmonds Pavlova Magic.

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Destinations, New Zealand, South Pacific
camping with baby Lake Wanaka

Diaper Distractions: Camping With Baby For The First Time

March 4, 2016by Too Mutch For Words 6 Comments

Terrific idea, tiring practice. If your first experience camping with baby was similar to ours, it went something like this…

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Destinations, Family Travel, New Zealand, South Pacific
Gates of Haast postcard

Postage Stamp: Haast, New Zealand

January 24, 2016by Too Mutch For Words Leave a comment

I imagine giants above us, and stare up the narrow cliff sides as if up their bare legs; for the mountains of rock debris could be some fantastical gate destroyed by enormous hands.

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Destinations, Nature & Environment, New Zealand, Postcards From, South Pacific
New Zealand Christmas wreath

Recipe For A Kiwi Christmas

December 20, 2015by Too Mutch For Words 10 Comments

In the South Island, I console myself with another summer of surfing Santas and that pinch of white dandruff clinging to the mountains. This is Christmas in New Zealand.

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Celebrations & Holidays, Destinations, New Zealand
getting lost on Cecil Peak Queenstown

With Wakatipu Below: A Helicopter Journey To Cecil Peak

June 14, 2015by Too Mutch For Words 3 Comments

Queenstown’s aluminum roofs shrink to bread boxes, then postcards, as we gain height; at 4,500 feet, it’s a crumb-sized civilization clinging to Lake Wakatipu’s eastern shore…

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Destinations, Nature & Environment, New Zealand, Photography, South Pacific
ANZAC biscuits

Flavor of The Week: ANZAC Biscuits

April 25, 2015by Too Mutch For Words 4 Comments

Butter. What survived thousands of miles and months of transportation in order to reach New Zealand’s soldiers in World War I? Love, hope and a lot of butter.

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Celebrations & Holidays, Destinations, New Zealand, South Pacific

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The ’Mutch’ Behind TooMutchForWords


Like a lot of foreign destinations, my last name's often mispronounced - so friends call me 'Mutch.' You can call me the same, as you explore this library of travel books, movies and music: all the things that move us through the aisles of this big, wide world! Check-outs expected, exploration intended...

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