Last month, we asked you, our readers, to tell us who you are, how you feel about the magazine and a little bit about your buying habits. We actually wanted to find out how C&G readers compare with the nation’s “affluents” from Unity Marketing’s Luxury Home Report, which we featured in January. ■ I am overwhelmed by the response—not only from your willingness to go to our…

A couple of months into the the ownership of this company and I find that I am working with remarkable people who have weathered these recession years (personally and professionally). While they have been challenged in the past, they meet me every day with hope in their eyes. Hope because I represent a new beginning—and hope…

The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, was published in 1908 in England and 1909 in America and over the years has become a much loved classic. The principle characters are talking animals that live in and around a river and, although they all have their faults, display charming examples of hospitality, forgiveness, compassion, generosity…