June Calender writes

Counting in Quarters

The starting buzzer just sounded

for the fourth quarter.

I count in twenty-fives.

Already well into the “bonus years”—

the ones our generation lucked into.

We’re alive, we evaded the horrors

of the twentieth century: wars,

massacres, famines, madmen dictators.

We reap the benefits of medical discoveries,

we of good genes, good habits, sound mind,

not born into poverty, ignorance.

We are the ones who can count to a hundred.

For three quarters I practiced yea saying—

yes to new challenges, yes to exploring

the world, yes to love, sorrow, change.

And learned the power of no—

to fear, traditions, expectations.

I have stories to tell—have begun

to tell in private to some strangers

who are open; many are not.

Echoing Gloria I say, “This is what

[the fourth quarter] looks like.”

["This is what 40 looks like" -- Gloria Steinem on the 40th anniversary of Ms. Magazine] 

Women's Basketball -- Boris Talberg