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Week in Review (October 21-25)

We have been settling into a new way of life, two weeks into our 6-month stay on Thetis Island - a 6-square-mile/350-people island off British Columbia. I’d say the biggest lifestyle adjustments have been:

• managing a wood stove as primary heat source

• compost system for food waste

• ferry rides to Vancouver Island for grocery shopping

• limitations on trash …