Today is the Winter Solstice, at which point days get longer above the Equator, and get shorter below it. It’s because that’s how it is, a perfectly fine Explanation if there ever was one. Very Rhino.
In addition, this year there are a bunch of meteors and shooting stars whooshing around, just to celebrate the occasion.
Sometimes Nature gets carried away. Also Very Rhino.
Every Species has its own special sets of Guidelines, ways of keeping most family members from Catastrophe. These customs are taught in many ways, both direct and by Experiment. Despite Mavericks and Comedians, the point is that these Rules are in place. Rhinos call it Tradition.
Rhino Rules are not readily understood by Critters other than Rhinos. In fact, they are not always apparent to Rhinos; these are just the Do’s and Don’ts of Rhinodom. Generally speaking, We comply.
In our Efforts to comprehend the Rules of other Critters, We are seldom successful. Can We truly understand their what or why? We have doubts.
It should be obvious that Rhino Minds are not oriented toward Things, since We cannot own them, or transport them, or do anything much beyond eating them, when advisable.
That does not mean that We are disinterested in Mood Rocks. We like the idea of them, but have to let it go at that. Intellectual Curiosity, they call it.
Certainly saves on Clutter, that’s for sure.
Mr. Paul Klee was born today, but in 1879. He was Swiss. His work was very personal, individualized. Outstanding.
We can imitate, but never approach the real thing. Rhinos applaud Mr. Klee’s achievements.
What other option is there?
Today has been National Maple Sugar Day. For those of you Readers who live near a maple tree, you are in luck. If you ‘tap’ the tree, the sugary sap drips out into a bucket, assuming you put one where the bucket needs to go. Then you decide what you want to do with it.
That said, sugar is a component of a great many plants, so all is not lost, if you happen to be “maple challenged”. Rhinos know; maples don’t grow where We live either.
Nature provides, everywhere you look.
Today is National Cupcake Day.
This is quite a month for Caloric Intake. One of those Good News, Bad News situations…
‘Tasty’ conventionally refers to Flavor Appreciation. Rhinos are as susceptible as any other Critter to a good time in our mouths.
But given our Rhino Discernment in so many fields of interest, We often think of ourselves as Tasty, as in typified by Taste.
RhinoTaste; so much more Flavorful than Tasteful.
We Rhinos are Scent Oriented, as you may know. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then a sniff is worth ten million. That’s a modest estimate, since Rhinos can’t count.
Each of Us comes with a unique Essence, an invisible Aura that informs all comers. We ooze Mystique.
This Gift is a burden, but with time Rhinos get used to it. We are a Robust Species.
It’s pretty common to want to control other folks, getting them to help Us Rhinos get happy. We all assume We know best what it would take to achieve our sense of well-being, and then enlist them to help Us.
What would be great is if We could each pull our own strings with such authority.
Although Life in the Wild is mostly Wild (slightly crazed) at mealtimes, Rhinos are normally Quiet and Orderly.
Rhinos prefer to focus on our inherent Serenity, whenever possible.
We credit our Vegetable Diet.
Your Inner Rhino 