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Table of contents for August 1987 Salt Magazine.

Steven Emmons documents how individuals remember friends and family that have passed away from AIDS. Emmons speaks to individuals about the AIDS memorial quilt for the Names Project, and the work and feeling that goes into each piece of quilt.

Tonee Harbert focuses on the work Jamaican apple pickers do at Douglas Hill Orchard in South Bridgton.

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Suffering from debilitating headaches, doctors could not figure out what was causing Rebecca Picket to have headaches and pain. Andy Mills documents how Rebecca Picket started to use medical marijuana to relieve her pain, and discusses the issues that surround the use of marijuana.

Suffering from debilitating headaches, doctors could not figure out what was causing Rebecca Picket to have headaches and pain. Leah Arsenault captures how Rebecca Picket uses medical marijuana to relieve her pain.

Harvey Bixby is a skilled artisan who builds stone walls. Mark Serreze visits Bixby to learn about his craft and the work that goes into it.

As a young woman who was raised in another country for half of her life, Nyalat Biliew strives to maintain one part of herself, without losing the other. Yevonnie Lowe documents how Nyalat faces the challenges of balancing two distinct cultures: American and Nuer.

Catie Talarski speaks to homeless youths who are performing a show at the Neal Street Theatre. Talarski discusses how organizers have the desire that the community will view homeless youths in a different way.

As a percussionist from Iraq, Ahmed Al-Saheri has been discouraged from playing his music in public due to shame. Andrea Muraskin documents Ahmed's love for music, his desire to play and share his music publically, and his life in Iraq.

Margo Hubbard speaks about her experiences doing hair and her relationships with clients, who are senior citizens.