Michael Laba

One of the perks I’ve allowed myself over the last couple of decades or so has been to hire a cleaner for my small NYC studio apartment. Fo

This new version of michaelaba.com is a little over two months shy of reaching its first anniversary, and finally I’m adding to the

Well, here we are, five days removed from the rather fun curiosity of Tuesday, 2/2/2022 and our attention has unfortunately been diverted to

My mother used to cook for our large family every day. But once all seven of us left the nest, she generally abandoned what had become a we

End-of-the-year blogs are perhaps destined to feel somewhat bittersweet. Another twelve months have gone by and have any of us truly accomp

While it’s tempting to use the remainder of this Thanksgiving Weekend to reflect on where we stand as a country versus where we were this

Hard to believe elections are already happening again. Which means, of course, this time last year was one of the more consequential moment

Deadlines can be a helpful, if often naggingly self-imposed, tool to bring about what could be long-desired accomplishments. You’d like to

Have any of you ever signed an actual non-disclosure agreement? No? Well, up until recently, neither had I. But then, there they were,

Let’s talk about the new songs… One of the more exciting aspects in relaunching this website is how I unexpectedly had so many newly-writte

This time last month we were still a couple of days away from resubmitting the new-and-improved michaelaba.com, after what had turned into a

This is the fifth-year anniversary for michaelaba.com - and we’ve got some big plans. We are only days away from bringing a new-and-improve