Relationships and connections are at the heart of Volume 23 of Island Journal, including those between an artist and his work, among community members on remote Matinicus Island, and the family ties that bind the Islesford Boatworks and the North Haven Oyster Company. The center folio of work by Eric Hopkins reflects the relationship between earth and sky, as well as his passionate connection to his Penobscot Bay island home.
- Fresh Eyes by Steve Cartwright
- Rabble-Rousers by David Platt
- The Sound of Youth by Philip Conkling
- The French Connection by Nancy Griffin
- Heavy Freight by Harry Gratwick
- A Natural Heroine by Cherie Galyean
- Painting a Blue Streak by Edgar Allen Beem
- Sharp Tools, Smart Kids by Cyrus Mouton and Sandra Dinsmore
- Backing into the Future by Muriel L. Hendrix
- A New Day by Jen Litteral and Ben Neal
- Only So Many Hours by Scott Sell
- A Man of Ideas by David Tyler
- Island Play by David T. Sobel
- A Big Boys Camp Scrapbook by Tina Cohen
- Salty and Sweet by Sally Noble
- Old Ducker by Jim Rockefeller
