Things I Will Miss

[billroper]

When we get around to moving our office, I will miss the short stretch of Harms Road that passed through the Forest Preserve with trees arching above the two-lane road. It's very peaceful there, even with traffic.

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[geekymary.livejournal.com]

That was part of my commute for a while, too, when we lived in Skokie. I really loved it in the winter, when the trees looked like they were on a postcard. I would love to have one of those houses that faces the forest preserve.

[greenmansgrove.livejournal.com]

I love that stretch of road. I still drive it whenever I'm in the area, if possible.

[awfulhorrid.livejournal.com]

When I drive down to the WindyCon hotel from up here in Wisconsin, I always get off I-94 at Old Orchard Road and cut over to Golf via Harms Road. It's a lovely little area and I always enjoy it. I spent quite a bit of time at the forest preserve there when I lived in Chicago, including a bit of geocaching within a half mile of that exact stretch.

[carolf.livejournal.com]

It was one of my favorites, as well, when I lived in Glenview.

One winter, we had an especially heavy snowfall on a Friday.
I had one of those I-can't-believe-I-agreed-to-this 0darkhundred
hour meetings the folling Saturday, and was stood up!

On the way home, I passed through that area, and decided to just
spend some time tromping the woods there. The snow was thick,
soft, pure and dampened all sounds -- except for a single,
early-rising cross-country skier, whose "shwoosh-shwish"
added the perfect descant to the branch of the Chicago River
that flows through the forest preserve. I can't count the
number of greys and whites and blacks that layered to make a
scene more of texture than color, but it was probably the most
beautiful landscape I had seen before -- or since.

Ever since, I've preferred winterscapes to summerscapes.

And yes, it calmed me down quite nicely, thank you. Even now, when
I need moments of calm, I think back to the sight/sound/smell of
that perfect morning.

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

Completely unrelated to this topic, the package arrived yesterday, and I've been forgetting to write and let you know. I'll be playing with the software tomorrow. Thanks.

[billroper]

Glad it showed up! The authorization code is on a slip of paper inside the CD case...