Barbershops are social places with a crowd of regulars. Julia Mickenberg takes readers inside two barbershops to highlight the culture within a barbershop.

Growing up with a passion for restoration, Scott Hatch makes a living on restoring old barns. Douglas Milliken discusses Hatch's work on barns and how he is restoring history through barns.

The profession of midwifery in Maine is not legal, but is also not illegal, despite being centuries old. Emily Ambrose documents the efforts of two professional midwives as they push for legalization and recognition of their trade as viable alternatives to hospitalized births.

Ayumi Horie captures images of people at the Clover Manor Nursing Home.

Kimberly Lesher captures the lives of transgender individuals living in Maine.

Ian Bannon speaks to various women in Maine who ride motorcycles, learning about the culture and passion they have for their bikes.

Pamela Wood offers an introduction to readers for this double issue, that touches on the continuity of work, continuing harvest of land, and making of things.

Cassidy Duckett documents a unique hobby of Tom Heiss, a resident of Winthrop, who writes anonymous postcards to people across the world to talk about Maine. Duckett highlights how people who receive the postcards feel after reading them.

Lydia Crafts highlights the work of Bette Hoxie, who over the past 30 years has fostered 150 kids, most affected with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Crafts discusses how Hoxie offers support to other foster families, and how she has learned the limits of what one person can do to help children in need.

From all over the world, Joanne Millay has nine internationally adopted children, and raises them as a single mother. Dana Carmody-Burns speaks to Millay about her experiences adopting children and how the family functions as a community.

As the son of a hard working immigrant, John Anagnostis wanted to be a teacher from a young age. Lisa Palas highlights Anagnostis' journey to get an education and how his father made those opportunities available to him.

Martha McNey takes a trip with Casey Stender on his boat, the Petra Anne, to document his work as a fisherman.