Heading down to the wharf at three o'clock in the morning, Herbert Baum is ready to learn about lobstering from his father and Dave Burnham. Baum documents the work that lobsterman do on their boats and how they got into the business.

In Kittery, Freddie Cooper practices the dying art of spinning pewter. Julien LeSieur and Janice Coyne visit Cooper to learn about his craft of metal spinning.

On the mud flats of the Kennebunk River lies a building that has come to represent the tides and fortunes of Salt. Lynn Kippax, Jr. and Pamela Wood document the active learning that Salt students do and the energy of the craftsmen who train the students.

A longtime friend of Monty Washburn, Mary Turner works and lives on a farm in West Peru. James Jannetti speaks to Turner about her life experiences.

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

Knitting bait bags since the age of ten, Ada Foss has been creating them ever since. Anne Pierter visits Foss to learn how to create the bags and the work that goes into each piece.

After joining Bert McBurnie into the wilderness at Chesuncook Lake to look for a lost hunter, Salt students speak to the hunter after he is found.

Jonathan Queally focuses on the lives of individuals who live a homesteading lifestyle. Queally discusses how sustainability plays a large role in their lives and how they are moving to get off the grid.

For about 35 years, Stanley Brown delivered by mail, both by car and sleigh. Seth Hanson documents Brown's work as a mailman.

Years before bulldozers and water companies, individuals would perform the act of dowsing in order to find water underground. Anne Gorham and others speak to dowsers to learn about their craft and the other things dowsers can read.

Rebeca Beeman documents the Reed family in Biddeford, who live and socialize in unconventional ways.

Lisa Rollins documents the experience of students who attend schools in Allagash.