posted June 08, 2003 07:45 AM            

It truely is the unfolding of a lifetime search. Lindas childish wonder (and I do BELIEVE Gooberz is autobiographical!) is tuned in to the uni-verse and all her senses are inhanced at this young age. Right from page 17, Linda made me believe in faeries, elves,gnomes, druids and the possability of puppies and kittens falling from the sky . The majickal wonder of childhood, it`s spiritual memory and innocence comes alive and helps one re-member the majick.

posted June 09, 2003 05:00 AM            

sorry for the interruption folks

posted June 10, 2003 09:01 AM              

Just for a week ... Irvine, San Diego and Las Vegas. If I had the money I would go to every show of the tour, but alas, I can only afford to live in PJ World one week out of the year ... *sigh*. What a wonderful week though!

posted June 11, 2003 08:14 AM              

Sorry to hear that ... I was on my own and ended up giving my extra tickets away (3rd row one night and 11th row another - I broke up with my b/f a week before the shows.) Next tour plan on a vacation to the US and you can go with me ... next time I'm going to try to go to San Franciso and Phoenix also.

If I win the lottery I will be retiring in PJ World ... hehe ..

Heidi

posted June 12, 2003 06:20 AM            

PJ used to be one of my favourite bands when I was still following the scene and I still like them very much, it's just that now I don't have favourites anymore. I'd really like to go with you to those concerts though Sorry to hear about your break-up, I hope it wasn't too tough on you

posted July 30, 2003 01:39 AM              

I just began my 3rd (or is it my 4th?) read of Gooberz the other day and finished Canto One today. So for what it's worth, here's my input, lol.

It's true...this first one gets you "hooked". I've always loved Linda's prose in all her books, but this is so special. Her ability to describe her childhood memories re the experience in the garden with the sweet peas during the thunderstorm...so vivid I could practically feel, hear and smell these things myself.

Also, reading about her memories of her grandparents...took me back to my own memories of mine...sigh. I never knew my maternal grandfather because he died when my Mother was only 16, but based on all she used to tell me about him, I like to think he would have been a lot like Linda's "Dadoo". My maternal grandmother died when I was 11 (I ADORED her) so Linda's Nanoo reminded me of her (she was so SOFT to hug).

On my Father's side...my grandmother defintely had things in common with Linda's Nana, and my grandfather, Linda's Dado. I, too...spent lots of time at their house overnight and reading Linda's descriptions brought back to me all the wonderful times I had as a child there. It was almost eerie how similar the memories were! But then again maybe not a surprise because right at the beginning she says,

"this book may -- or may not -- have been written about me
but it very well may have been written

about you."

posted August 13, 2003 02:52 PM              

(and how you doin, Randall?)

I read Gooberz back in 1997, and wanted to say that lately it's been a constant bedside companion for me, with several of its hidden messages now luminous on the page... (yes, folks that's how it works - the book IS magic!)

Anyway, I've been doing what I like to call "search and rescue," which is simply asking a question, (or FEELING out a question) and then popping open the book to a particular passage.. it's amazing how well it works!

Out of all passages, however, that tiny phrase,

"shh... be still, my love, be still... somewhere, a clock is timing us..."

has brought me more solace in the past few months (years? decades? centuries?) than anything ever has...

And now, as I read this post, and see the quote,

"I died unexpectedly while I was sleeping
and the last thing I remember is the sound of angels weeping
as they mourned my loss in Heaven, whispering a final blessing
to protect my immortal soul on its descent down into hell
a lonely prison of three dimensions...on a spinning ball called Earth.."

I am reminded of a particularly touching X-Files episode (I'm an old fan of that show, especially Mulder ) wherein Mulder looks to the sky and says, "maybe those shooting stars are souls, Scully... star lights, looking for home."

c'est magnifique, non?

posted February 14, 2004 08:38 PM            

However we did not account for those of us who had romantic rendezvous to attend to.

I shall be reading Canto 1 tonight, before I go to sleep, by candlelight.

posted March 15, 2004 05:57 PM            

I work at a place that I CAN have a lot of free time at - when guests aren't checking in. I usually work evenings which is slow. I might bring in "Gooberz" and read it here.

Anyway, though still frustrated, I am relieved to know that I am not the only one finding it difficult to accomplish.