Pamela Wood introduces readers to the first half of this Salt issue, dealing with the island community on Mount Desert Island.

Erin Campbell speaks to Alberta Redmond about her Christmas experiences growing up.

Over the course of four interviews, Launa Cable and other Salt students learned how to cane chairs from Avon Wilcox. Cable documents the work Wilcox does on chairs and the caning process.

Karen Gelardi speaks to Jessica Jenkins about leaving islands the way one found it, without a human trace.

Megan Hanson captures the life of Mary Ann Cupero, a trucker of 15 years.

Lynn Kippax Jr. takes a photograph of a young boy outside of a pool hall on Walter Street in Eastport.

Making soap all of her life, Mrs. Joseph Sullivan shows Salt students how her craft is performed. Mrs. Sullivan guides Lorraine Kingsbury and others through the process from the start.

Jeff Jordan captures a photograph of Winnie MacDonald, two years before she died of AIDS at age 42.

In Portland, there is a man who rides around on his bike and carries birds on him. Brian Gersten profiles Starr Saravia and his interactions with birds in the city.

On a forgotten section of the west end waterfront in Portland, a transient population has made a place for themselves known as the Hobo Jungle. Penn Chan documents how the transient community works together for each other in order to survive.

By spray painting walls in Portland, Bret Labelle is able to practice with different art mediums. Camila Kerwin profiles how Labelle wants to continue producing larger images.

Kezia Parsons explores how Tim Ochtera, a prison inmate, is learning about parenting while in prison, in order for him to be a good father to his children.