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February 27, 2021

The end of February always seems to shine a light on a host of emerging questions. Some are fairly generic. Will the NYC winter cold weather

January 29, 2021

Well, 2021 is already almost 1/12th over - and what have we done? I guess a few things have happened… Jan 6, 2021 is already destined to...

December 31, 2020

2020 came close to ending without the December blog from michaelaba.com. There are reasons for this. For one, we’ve been offline for three

November 25, 2020

As the many of you who read these blogs are aware of, I’ve become rather atypically political these past few months. I trust most of you to

October 22, 2020

Well, it’s come down to this. We are now twelve days away from what I am cautiously optimistic will be a return to sanity. A vote to reaffi

September 28, 2020

So after being in New York City for the entirety of this crazy year of 2020, I took advantage of a JetBlue deal to spend 13 days on Martha’s

August 24, 2020

Reading your appraisals of stories and songs shared on michaelaba.com has been an extremely gratifying diversion from the blog-writing and e

July 25, 2020

July is the month… I wish would never end… I’ve quoted this line from my song “July” in every seventh-month email since 2016. But interesti

June 25, 2020

Isolation is starting to ease up here in NYC. Phase 2 of the restart began this past Monday and suddenly an air of festivity is seeping back

May 24, 2020

We are nearing the four-year anniversary of this website. michaelaba.com first became public on May 31, 2016, and the exact date was intenti

April 22, 2020

Social Distancing… All of us here in New York City have adopted the policy to the best of our abilities. Which is, to be frank, surreal. Th

March 23, 2020

What a difference one month makes… Twenty-five days ago I was casually reflecting on the relatively infrequent times personal history appea