Jack Eiford -- How X-Wing, Avatar, Lord of the Rings and Theatre Inform Community Our Common Unity

Jack Eiford is the Lead Teacher at Cedar Tree Montessori in the Children's House, and has become my friend in our work together as teachers during the Pandemic. We hung out for an afternoon at Larrabee State Park, a place that is dear to Jack as a human that grew up in Bellingham in the Chuckanut Mountains. We covered Jack's "Nerd-dom" and how his experiences in and around this city and the land have created the draw that pulls him back to this location. We started with family and micro-communities before branching out to how learning philosophy and education theory have continued to inspire Jack's long-term ponderings. 

In the background, you can hear all the sounds of the park, a couple of eagles and a robin, a few thrushes and a swift, and in the end, our audio was cut a little short by a passing train. 

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