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  • And ephemerae such as print journals may well go entirely that direction.

    In Praise of Online Journals : Rigoberto González : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • The botanical prints on the walls and the various natural ephemerae that collects on my bookshelves helps, as does the windblown-leaf mural I created above the windows, but the best part of all is the lovely branch I stole when my father cut down one of our dying apple trees.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Kiki 2008

  • The botanical prints on the walls and the various natural ephemerae that collects on my bookshelves helps, as does the windblown-leaf mural I created above the windows, but the best part of all is the lovely branch I stole when my father cut down one of our dying apple trees.

    Life in the Garden Kiki 2008

  • This Arkham House postcard is from Meng to then Arkham collector Phil Mays - who's ephemerae collecting was the foundation of the Roy A.

    Antiquarian Weird Tales: Arkham House Ephemera Chris Perridas 2008

  • This Arkham House postcard is from Meng to then Arkham collector Phil Mays - who's ephemerae collecting was the foundation of the Roy A.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Chris Perridas 2008

  • He should neither praise nor blame nor defend his equals; he should not strike one blow at the buzzing ephemerae of letters.

    Letters to Dead Authors 2006

  • Their location and arrangement agree closely with Bloodwing's estimates for ephemerae of Levaeri V and its primary.

    My Enemy My Ally Diane Duane 2000

  • Their location and arrangement agree closely with Bloodwing's estimates for ephemerae of Levaeri V and its primary.

    My Enemy My Ally Diane Duane 2000

  • Their location and arrangement agree closely with Bloodwing's estimates for ephemerae of Levaeri V and its primary.

    My Enemy My Ally Diane Duane 2000

  • The May-flies must surely be the lotus-eaters of the ephemerae — the happiest, laziest, carelessest fly that dances and dreams out his few hours of sunshiny life by English rivers.

    Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

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  • I love that there are numerous internet citations of this word with people assuming it's the plural of ephemera, when in fact ephemera is the plural of ephemeron

    also cf. ephemeræ

    February 2, 2024