Rachel McCarthy speaks to Jean about living with cancer, her experiences going through treatments, and her activities at home to gather friends and family together.

A trained violinist, Yvonne Adams recounts her experiences with music and learning to play the violin. Adams discusses how she plays for patients at Mercy Hospital and how playing the violin is a spiritual experience.

Molly Menschel documents a story about a giant fish that washed up onto the shore of Lubec, and presents how the residents have different stories and opinions regarding the fish.

Since many people do not own a piano at home, the Portland Public Library provides a piano on site that patrons can use for an hour to practice. Patrons and library staff discuss the convenience of having a free public piano at the library.

Michael Luce discusses the process of creating a casket for his mother who recently passed away. Luce speaks about the importance of going through the process of crafting the casket himself, and about the life of his mother.

Megan Martin highlights how senior citizens in the Odyssey of the Mind program continue to hone their minds, even at an old age. Martin discusses how this group of senior citizens are the first group at their age to participate in the program and how the program functions.

In order to help people accept death as a natural and unavoidable part of life, Chuck Lakin crafts coffins for people to keep at home. Julia Henderson documents the work that Lakin does designing coffins and how they serve various functions within a home.

Motivated to make art from a young age, Michelle Estell was inspired by her grandmother, who now has Alzheimer's. Stephanie Strauss profiles how Estell makes art influenced by her grandmother.

Developed as a shared living community, Dreamship faces challenges of growing as a movement. Julia Whyel documents how Dreamship residents sometimes find it difficult to fully commit to the movement.

Waiting for her son to come back from Iraq War, Marjorie Richard speaks about her sons military service and waiting for him to come home. Meghan Vigeant highlights how Richard takes around a cardboard cut-out of her son so she can still feel close to him, and having dealt with the loss of a child already.

Nina Jacobi discusses the lives of Somali refugees who drive taxis in Portland. Jacobi highlights how some of the refugees are over qualified to work as a taxi driver, but do not have many other options to support themselves and their families.

Megan Sloat discusses her role as a doula, and being at childbirths to support mothers during natural births. Sloat highlights being at the birth of Kate Cross and how she reacted to the birth.