Articles by: Beverly Gologorsky

Empty Tables: How It Feels to Be Hungry

Empty Tables: How It Feels to Be Hungry

My long-dead father used to say, “Every human being deserves to taste a piece of cake.” Though at the time his words meant little to me, as I grew older I realized both what they meant, symbolically speaking, and the grim reality they disguised so charmingly. That saying of his arose from a basic reality of our lives then —[Read More…]

by 13/03/2023 Comments are Disabled World
The Nightmare of Medical Care in America

The Nightmare of Medical Care in America

On this extremely hot summer day, the ear-splitting siren screaming through New York’s streets is coming from the ambulance I’m in — on a gurney on my way to the ER. That only makes the siren, loud as it is, all the more alarming. I fell. The pain, its location and intensity, suggests I’ve probably broken my hip. The kind[Read More…]

by 10/05/2019 2 comments World