Here’s my HelgaWithoutTheH Official Best of 2023 List: 1. Montgomery Riverfront Brawl That’s it. That’s the full list. We might as well have ended the year right there, cuz dang that was epic.
MIKE (as I’m bundling up to shovel snow): Don’t have a heart attack out there. That’s what they’re always warning old men about when they go shovel snow. ME: Do you think I qualify as an “old man?” MIKE: You’re no spring chicken. The romance with this guy.
I’ve hit a milestone. I’ve always hated people who run races in costumes, mostly out of pure jealousy that they’re having such a good time while running makes me so miserable. Well… today I joined the ranks of those joyful smug assholes. But look, I paid money for that Halloween costume and needed to squeeze … More Facebook Post: November 28, 2024
Today I went on a solo trail run. It’s the first solo trail run I’ve managed to squeeze in in almost a year. And the most incredible thing happened… I RAN WITH A FOX. It appeared as a copper streak on the trail ahead of me, but disappeared as fast as it appeared around a … More Facebook Post: May 26, 2025
On this day every year, I usually skim our wedding album looking for a cool photo of me and Mike Hoard to post up next to a shot of us celebrating our anniversary. But this year as I was skimming the album, a bittersweet thought hit me. Several of the people in these photos are … More Facebook Post: August 18, 2025
Just returned from a fantastic beach trip with my family. We were too busy having fun to pull out the camera, so here’s an artistic reenactment of my personal highlight:
I have tons of stories, thoughts and photos/videos from my tiny stint at summer camp, but here’s the #1 main takeaway, which is a MESSAGE TO CURRENT AND UPCOMING NOMETNES VECAKI: The camp directors are absolutely incredible people who are working suuuper hard to do everything in their power to make sure your kids have … More Facebook Post: July 12, 2023
In memory of one of the coolest guys I’ve ever know, I am sharing a brief bio I wrote (in both LV and ENG) 5 years ago, after I had the honor of interviewing Andrejs Jansons in preparation for Baltimore Dziesmu Svetki. AJ (as he was affectionately nicknamed by some of us kids he inspired … More Facebook Post: July 26, 2022
August 16, 2022 DONATION UPDATE!!! First and foremost, a huge THANK YOU to everyone who donated, and to everyone who helped out! THE RECAP: We were supposed to go to Latvia in July, and hoped to fill our checked bags with diapers and feminine hygiene products that we were going to drop off directly to … More Facebook Post: August 16, 2022 and October 28, 2022
A lot of people have asked me this week, with varying degrees of seriousness, for a copy of “my plan.” So here it is: Eat Less, Move More: A Very Special Helga Without The H Weightloss Plan It’s right in the title, and it’s pretty simple: burn more calories than you consume. So the next … More Facebook Post: December 12, 2022
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