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Numbers

Local commentator Celia Brewer says that, whether we like it or not, the concept of counting is a fact of life.

Brewer is a writer who lives in Mayfield. Like the title of the new movie about mountain bikers, she believes that there is "strength in numbers." Her favorite is 91.3.

 

Brewer is a writer who lives in Mayfield. She wishes we all lived in a kinder, gentler world.
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