The number of people who showed up at Loganberry Books, 13015 Larchmont Blvd., Shaker Heights, for a reading to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day was incredible and gratifying. Among relatives there were Nancy Saegel and Cathy and Will and young Will; Alice Mobley; Carl and Catherine and Jane; and Jean and Ken. Among alumnae of Lourdes Academy there were Meg Gruen and Nancy Barile and Eileen Smyth Groh and Pat Gill Nelson and Vicki Sistek and Irene Chizmar Collins and Dottie Maloney and Gwendolyn Miller . Among friends there were Mary Grimm and Dean, Tricia and Paul Springstubb, Charles Oberndorf, Thrity Umrigar. Among relatives of friends there were Cathy Richlovsky Pottebaum, sister of my late friend Mary Beth Richlovsky (aka Turtle), as well as Mary Beth’s niece Abby. There were people from the summer journalism class at University of Detroit in 1969 (or was it ’68?), Tom Feran and Jack. Great turnout! And I owe it all to Harriet Logan and Sarah Willis, who sought me out at Winter Institute this past January in Albuquerque and crunched calendar dates until we found a time that worked. I also finally met Ron Antonucci, Facebook friend and Sarah’s husband. Mary Grimm introduced me and told embarrassing little-know facts about a board-game version of Michigan rummy featuring characters from “Bonanza.” (Dum da-da-dum da-da-da-da-da-da-dum . . .) It was a huge pleasure to stroll around in Cleveland Heights in springtime and sign books for old friends and new. Plus, was that Dave Frazier?

Mary and Dean

Tricia and Paul

Photos to come of my cousin Nancy and the Lourdites.