Big Stone Lake Stories Video Poem


 

August 14th, 2018: Two days into camp and I already feel like we've traveled so far together. At sunset I was sitting on a dock, listening to the lake. Two fish jumped. There were crickets.
-Jonee Kulman Brigham, Full Spring Studio, LLC

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