Some of us still wander through here, like
ghosts revisiting a house once lived in
The way you describe the forum is just how it felt however long ago when I first found it, and yet more people arrived and conversed... I think this forum has an ebb and flow, a seasonal shift, though I know not the timing of it's seasons.
>(though I'm bummed that I missed the elusive Russiona site)
A shadow for you...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/russiona/
tomfly