Sometimes people ask why I choose to stay in a rural area like the Adirondacks, writing about the people and issues in small towns.<\/p>\n
A big part of the appeal is the intimacy, the sense that I’m working at a scale that’s human and neighborly.<\/p>\n
The other day I needed a quick, deadline interview about the shortage of doctors in the North Country. <\/p>\n
I called a good friend, Dr. Beth Bartos, a talented primary dare physician who works in Lake Placid and Keene Valley. <\/p>\n
It was late, but she invited me to come over and talk. Before I could get off the phone, her husband, Bob, yelled, “Ask Brian if he still has that deer heart?”<\/p>\n
After hunting season, Bob had loaded up my freezer with venison, including a huge heart. I asked Beth, “What’s he want it for?”<\/p>\n
“Samantha needs it for science class,” Bob called. Samantha is their 12-year-old daughter. <\/p>\n
“They’re going to dissect it. Tell Brian I’ll get him another one next season.”<\/p>\n
So I dug that deer heart out of my freezer and took it along to the interview. Only in the North Country, I thought. And only in a small town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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