Reiki is an alternative healing technique practiced by some that believes that the simple human touch can cure illness. Samuel Allison speaks to Reiki practitioners about their methods and their beliefs regarding healing.

Bios of the contributors to the August 1989 Salt Magazine.

Back cover for Maine: A Peopled Landscape.

In downtown Camden, the Boynton McKay Drugstore serves as a place for both locals and tourists. Kate Skorpen explores how tourism is handled in the town of Camden.

Two artists in the Penobscot Nation attempt to bring community together through an art project that integrates language, land, and time. Sean Edwin documents the work that James Francis and Dominic Polchies put into their New Moon Drum project.

An ardent support of the feminist, anti-Putin, performance art group know as Pussy Riot, Rob Lieber joined their movement after hearing about them on the radio. Margaret Rawsom discusses Lieber's entrance into activism and his support for the group.

Bios of the contributors to the April 1990 Salt Magazine, with information on this issue.

Striving to do more with his job, Ryan Coulombe is Salty Pete, the mascot for the Portland Pirates hockey team. Brandan Collins documents how Coulombe makes attempts to do more for the organization and the normal routines of his work.

Julie Jordan captures an image of Plansowes as she catches the bus to Pleasant Point Reservation from Lee Academy.

Sara Crystal documents the work of Gal Frey, a basket weaver from Indian Township.

Lisa Merlini highlights the lives of Mira Cua and Cong Ba Nguyen, a couple who have different nationalities, but were able to mix and meld them into the family they started.

C. Stewart Doty speaks on the history of documentary photography in Maine, and how photographs can be used to tell us things about Maine's history.