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Date Posted: 14:45:35 06/18/02 Tue
Author: Ann
Subject: FH from USA Today

"The geographical setting was gorgeous, but life was far from paradise. Within two weeks, "I was desperately lonely," Adrienne Clune says. "I missed people so much. Just to exchange a few sentences."

To escape, the Brookses and Clunes, who became close during the project, would replay the best meals they had ever had. Or they would discuss Seinfeld episodes, a topic that also helped keep the camera crews away. "They didn't want to film us talking about that," Gordon Clune says.

The practical challenge of overcoming obstacles also was stimulating. "You had to improvise," says Adrienne Clune. "You couldn't go run to the store, so you had to solve problems yourself. To water our garden, instead of filling up 17 buckets a day, we figured out how to make a canal, with locks."

Gordon Clune made fly-fishing rods from willow branches. Nate Brooks designed an elevated sluice to bring drinking water into the house. Mark Glenn built a root cellar.

Kristen Brooks, 28, found culinary talents she didn't know she had. Her homemade goat cheese sold for top dollar to the Clunes."

Also, the article said that Aine Clune (the 13-year-old girl) made ice cream after gathering hailstones, just enough for each family member to have a spoonful, because she wanted to show it could be done back in 1883.

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