Mike of Hodad's Dead in Postcards 4

Our friend Mike Hardin died yesterday. He died on a trip north to visit his daughter.

I used to eat at Hodad’s when his folks founded it. When they died, they left it to an employee and Mike. Mike bought her out, and began expanding the restaurant. Food Network “Diners, Drive-in’s, and Dives” stated that Hodad’s burgers were the best in the US. Mike himself was a larger than life restauranteur that was much beloved throughout our city. He will be much missed.

• Himself: He worked. Work, work, work. At lunch, he mended one of my plastic coats with a spot of invisible glue. Found Laka’s birthday present.
• Herself: Started the day with the last visit with my PT person. Lovely break for mid day desert with a special friend. She too graduated from State, I discovered. Finished mending that quilt, finished a mystery, dinner was Bonnie Dumainis’s salad and a baked potatoe.
• Reading: Finished the mystery and on to the next.
• Balance: Trying not to worry about friends in peril.