Kohut
@kohut.bsky.social
rhymes with donut | scribbler + picker | ersatz intelligence | Oxford comma | curse of the easily amused | http://www.matthewkohut.com
It has been a good year for turtle-spotting around here.
September 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It has been a good year for turtle-spotting around here.
Subhead should have addressed the identical increase in cat video viewership.
August 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Subhead should have addressed the identical increase in cat video viewership.
Listening to this, performed 60 years ago today.
July 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Listening to this, performed 60 years ago today.
So grateful to have heard Charles Lloyd at Town Hall in NYC last night in his first east coast appearance in years. Going strong at 87.
June 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
So grateful to have heard Charles Lloyd at Town Hall in NYC last night in his first east coast appearance in years. Going strong at 87.
One of the great privileges of my professional life was assisting Joe Nye with his seminal work on soft power. He taught me how to write a book from start to finish. His ideas are out of vogue in this White House, but their wisdom endures. He will be missed.
May 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
One of the great privileges of my professional life was assisting Joe Nye with his seminal work on soft power. He taught me how to write a book from start to finish. His ideas are out of vogue in this White House, but their wisdom endures. He will be missed.
Robert Bly, from Six Winter Privacy Poems.
April 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Robert Bly, from Six Winter Privacy Poems.
Last week I saw this in the break room of a municipal government office: snacks and drinks for sale through a self-serve kiosk. The reality of government work is low pay and no freebies in exchange for the opportunity to serve the public.
April 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Last week I saw this in the break room of a municipal government office: snacks and drinks for sale through a self-serve kiosk. The reality of government work is low pay and no freebies in exchange for the opportunity to serve the public.
I’m happy to have these two poems in the new issue of Watershed Review.
April 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I’m happy to have these two poems in the new issue of Watershed Review.
Latching onto hope and beauty wherever I can find it.
March 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Latching onto hope and beauty wherever I can find it.
William Henry Johnson, Jitterbugs (II)
February 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
William Henry Johnson, Jitterbugs (II)
With @chrisharford.bsky.social and @scottymetz.bsky.social at Studio 17 in Hopewell this evening.
February 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
With @chrisharford.bsky.social and @scottymetz.bsky.social at Studio 17 in Hopewell this evening.
Trayvon Martin should be celebrating his 30th birthday today.
February 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Trayvon Martin should be celebrating his 30th birthday today.
Jack Whitten, Black Monolith II, Homage to Ralph Ellison The Invisible Man
February 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Jack Whitten, Black Monolith II, Homage to Ralph Ellison The Invisible Man
I had never given much thought to Handel’s Messiah, but this is great storytelling about an artistic collaboration. I also knew nothing about “the hyp,” though it sounds all too familiar in the 21st century.
January 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I had never given much thought to Handel’s Messiah, but this is great storytelling about an artistic collaboration. I also knew nothing about “the hyp,” though it sounds all too familiar in the 21st century.
For the past few years I have given myself an MLK reading assignment. This year’s was Brothers in the Beloved Community: The Friendship of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
For the past few years I have given myself an MLK reading assignment. This year’s was Brothers in the Beloved Community: The Friendship of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Special time this evening sitting in with @dcolley.bsky.social @chrisharford.bsky.social and Stuart Bogie at Studio 17 in Hopewell.
January 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Special time this evening sitting in with @dcolley.bsky.social @chrisharford.bsky.social and Stuart Bogie at Studio 17 in Hopewell.
Post a non religious photo you think of as holy
January 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Post a non religious photo you think of as holy
If you look closely, you can see that @warren.senate.gov is holding up a library copy of Pete Hegseth’s book with a bar code on the plastic cover. She’s not paying for that one.
January 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
If you look closely, you can see that @warren.senate.gov is holding up a library copy of Pete Hegseth’s book with a bar code on the plastic cover. She’s not paying for that one.
Detail from Friday night’s set list for Chris Harford and the Band of Changes, led by @chrisharford.bsky.social with @scottymetz.bsky.social on guitar and Ryan Thornton on drums. It was a pleasure holding down the low end.
January 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Detail from Friday night’s set list for Chris Harford and the Band of Changes, led by @chrisharford.bsky.social with @scottymetz.bsky.social on guitar and Ryan Thornton on drums. It was a pleasure holding down the low end.