Being a Good Shepherd

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Good Shepherd Episcopal Church

My warmest heartfelt thanks go to the friendly folks at the local Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Fountain City. And to Ruth Anne Hanahan for inviting me to be the Good Shepherd & the World last speaker of the season. 

My talk was about ephemerality—"For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away"—and my new book Ephemeral by Nature published by the University of Tennessee. 

"Everyone loved it, especially the information about the fresh water jellyfish. I didn't know they existed! And, I learned not to put them in my mouth..." emailed Harry Wade.

Yes, indeed. The freshwater jellies come and vanisheth away in a matter of days. The penny-sized Cnidarians are virtually harmless but they can sting your tongue, if you give them the chance!

Freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii) 

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