I acquired:
--a dictionary of French idiom.
--British Battles of World War I, 1914-15, which is a collection of military dispatches I really could have used about six months ago.
--The Great War in Africa by G. Farwell, the first book on that topic I've found that I could afford. I hope it's as useful as it looks. Not that I am writing about WWI now. But still!
--Great Tales of Jewish Fantasy and the Occult: The Dybbuk and Thirty Other Classic Stories for six dollars! I'm trying to build my small mythology/folk tale collection.
--Exploration of Africa from the Abrams Discoveries series--it's a little, shiny, beautifully illustrated overview of the various European explorers who visited Africa. It fits in well with some of the research I did, long ago, into the history of anthropology when I was in grad school.
--Dictionary of African Historical Biography, which looks immeasurably valuable in looking up people who are mentioned in passing in other histories and commentaries and finding out where I can get more information on them. I pounced on this with glee.
My friend K. introduced me to Muji, a Japanese store that sold Many Tiny Things. I managed to resist the cylinder full of tiny colored pencils (but it hurt!) and bought a couple of cheap, lightweight card cases, which I will probably decorate with stickers. I also bought some small, sleek three-tined forks and slender teaspoons, to use as serving utensils for cut fruit, sauces, etc..
I saw friends at my NYRSF reading, spent the night at the home of one of them, and the next day met up with