I have my notebook with me. See it right there in my hand? Guess how much writing I got done? If you said "next to none" you are correct. Lincoln Memorial Garden is this gorgeous "living memorial" to Abraham Lincoln (a description which, come to think of it, accurately decribes the entire city of Springfield, Illinois, minus the gorgeous part). The garden is open daily from sunrise to sunset, free of cost, and is about a fifteen-minute drive from my house. Yet, I haven't been there since Evelyn's preschool class took a field trip there four years ago. (I was even right next door to it this summer, when I stayed at Villa Maria for the SCBWI-IL Words in the Woods conference.
The garden is basically a series of trails (about six miles, I think) meant to recreate the prairie landscape Abraham Lincoln would have been familiar with in early 19th century Illinois, complete with praire grass restoration...
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