Nate Thatcher
@nthatcher.bsky.social
Composer. Multihyphenate quintessence of dust. He/him
I am entirely delighted by this!
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I am entirely delighted by this!
This is of course similar to Frodo, however LeGuin has given us such a beautiful and loving view of where Ged goes from there—how he can pick up the pieces and go on. Where Frodo goes on a final journey, Ged gets to finally have a home that he never has to leave.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This is of course similar to Frodo, however LeGuin has given us such a beautiful and loving view of where Ged goes from there—how he can pick up the pieces and go on. Where Frodo goes on a final journey, Ged gets to finally have a home that he never has to leave.
Additionally, I had never really made the connection between Ged and Frodo but by the end of Farthest Shore Ged has spent three books and half a lifetime traveling to the ends of the earth (quite literally) and has ended up saving the world and being utterly broken by his quest.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Additionally, I had never really made the connection between Ged and Frodo but by the end of Farthest Shore Ged has spent three books and half a lifetime traveling to the ends of the earth (quite literally) and has ended up saving the world and being utterly broken by his quest.
Loved the episode! Jared mentioned LeGuin's Tombs of Atuan toward the end and it brought to mind that one of the (many) great things about that story is that it *is* about a quest (Ged's) but the quest-er is not our subject. I love the inversion.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Loved the episode! Jared mentioned LeGuin's Tombs of Atuan toward the end and it brought to mind that one of the (many) great things about that story is that it *is* about a quest (Ged's) but the quest-er is not our subject. I love the inversion.
September 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Milestones around necks sounds acceptable...
June 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Milestones around necks sounds acceptable...
You've done your country a great service. More people need to fear that such behavior may get them on the wrong side of a powerful fey.
June 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
You've done your country a great service. More people need to fear that such behavior may get them on the wrong side of a powerful fey.
I have to work about 60/40 in Dorico/Sibelius at this point because of various collaborations and still (in spite of quite promising updates to Sib) I feel like I'm swimming with a drag net behind me whenever I'm using Sibelius. But I feel your pain, too. You're right, though. He's not worth it.
May 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I have to work about 60/40 in Dorico/Sibelius at this point because of various collaborations and still (in spite of quite promising updates to Sib) I feel like I'm swimming with a drag net behind me whenever I'm using Sibelius. But I feel your pain, too. You're right, though. He's not worth it.
When I learned that the character's name was spelled that way I was a tad let down!
May 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
When I learned that the character's name was spelled that way I was a tad let down!
My parents live in Sioux Falls! Next time I'm there this endorsement will not go unheeded.
May 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
My parents live in Sioux Falls! Next time I'm there this endorsement will not go unheeded.
I was thinking about the same thing. I also love that the intro to the film tells us about Chocktaw and Irish analogs to West African griots, but we're left to fill in the blanks about the antipathy oppressed peoples with analogous music traditions.
April 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I was thinking about the same thing. I also love that the intro to the film tells us about Chocktaw and Irish analogs to West African griots, but we're left to fill in the blanks about the antipathy oppressed peoples with analogous music traditions.
I think I might be a Dorico accelerationist who experienced some shameful schadenfreude at recent Finale developments.
April 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I think I might be a Dorico accelerationist who experienced some shameful schadenfreude at recent Finale developments.
I've seen this quote attributed to Wendell Berry by trustworthy sources:
"We don’t have a right to ask whether we’re going to succeed or not. The only question we have a right to ask is what’s the right thing to do? What does this earth require of us if we want to continue to live on it?”
"We don’t have a right to ask whether we’re going to succeed or not. The only question we have a right to ask is what’s the right thing to do? What does this earth require of us if we want to continue to live on it?”
March 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I've seen this quote attributed to Wendell Berry by trustworthy sources:
"We don’t have a right to ask whether we’re going to succeed or not. The only question we have a right to ask is what’s the right thing to do? What does this earth require of us if we want to continue to live on it?”
"We don’t have a right to ask whether we’re going to succeed or not. The only question we have a right to ask is what’s the right thing to do? What does this earth require of us if we want to continue to live on it?”
I'm actually particularly entertained by how well ChiCago and YaYNkees work.
March 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I'm actually particularly entertained by how well ChiCago and YaYNkees work.