Michael Laba

It’s nice to have a change of perspective from time to time.  I’ve now been in Manhattan for over 30 years, which still feels amazing for a person with firm roots in Burlington, Vermont.  I’ve experienced this big town

The timing for this monthly blog is now officially last-second.  While we all likely experience intervals where the mind seems blank,

I’d been in the midst of recording a huge new collection of songs when this revised version of michaelaba.com went online back on June 3rd,

We’ve now had a new-yet-former President for the past 10 days and I’m still not quite ready to talk about politics.  But that’s sure to

I certainly didn’t need to reread the past twelve months worth of monthly blogs to come to the conclusion that 2024 was a crazy year.

I’m not sure I’ve ever done this before, but I’m going to start this blog off with a brief excerpt from one that was written two months ago

Anyone who has had an even passing glimpse into the collection of these monthly blogs should be well aware of where I stand regarding next

Rainbows… yes, I’ve always loved rainbows.  Double rainbows have a special significance to me, for reasons that I’ll probably save for some

The end of summer…  Unless something catastrophic happens, this is a phenomenon experienced by all every single year…

I’ll admit without reservation that I was prepared to vote once again for Joe Biden in this upcoming Presidential Election.  And yes, I saw

This past June 9th, everyone in my family received the wonderful news that my niece Marissa and her husband Cameron are expecting their

This was one of the worst - and probably dumbest - scams of all time. Certainly as experienced directly by me!