Jean Sexton sets out to uncover how families fit into the pattern of life in Madawaska, yet finds out that these patterns are not based on sterotypes but rather the choices people make for their way of life. She discusses family histories, dynamics and life in Madawaska.

Readers write in response to the work Salt has done.

Listing of Salt production staff, contributors, and faculty.

Cutting fish since he was nine years old, Lamont Allen Sr. has always worked in the fish business. Greg Violette profiles Allen's life and the work that he performs at O'Hara's.

Neil Rolde offers a list of Salt's capital needs.

Table of contents for November 1991 Salt Magazine.

In the Kennebunkport area, barns cover large parts of the landscape. Lyman Page speaks to Lester Wildes and other barn owners about their barns and the barns that used to be there.

Page McClean documents the preparations of Edward Kellogg, a racer participating in the 42nd annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race. McClean speaks to Kellogg about his racing gear and love for canoeing.

After 63 years of marriage, Doris and George Castonia do the best they can to care for each other. Christine Shanahan documents how despite the love the Castonia's have for each other, life is not getting easier.

Readers write in response to the work Salt has done on Paul Bunyan and rural poverty.

Short write ups on the lawyer George Willard, the Custom House Wharf in Portland, and the Colony Inn.

Paul Sargent covers the personal histories and experiences of Youth Corps members, and discusses the skills that they learned in the program.