EDITOR’S SAY
Our beloved Jim Lewis, our longtime Publishing Consultant, passed away this past spring. And we are missing him. He was our rock and guiding force through our early years when we first launched MILIEU. Lisa Newsom, who had been the founding editor-in-chief of Veranda, tried to dissuade me from starting MILIEU at a time when so many shelter publications were closing. She said to me, “If you choose to follow this path, then you need to bring Jim Lewis with you.” Jim had retired after dedicating his life to magazines, helping start Southern Accents, with Lisa, and then moving on to help her get Veranda up and running. Back in 2012, when I first conceived of MILIEU, I remember flying to Atlanta to meet with Jim about helping us and just express…