Once in a great while, a Rhino is gifted with an unreasoned elation, a sense of happy unspecific anticipation.
We Rhinos like to enjoy these moments. We do not analyze them.
Category Archives: Plain and simple
Heads Up
Some seasons are particularly Windy, like blow-off-your-head Windy. This is not Kite Weather We are discussing.
Any sensible Rhino, which is, happily, the majority, will take measures to assure continued wellbeing.
Willful Rhinos, who snub their noses at the Wind, may end up headless- or worse. Sad but true.
Equipped by Nature
Rhinos are always on the lookout for Cunning. Cunning slithers up unexpectedly; the unwary Rhino has to be alert.
The important issue here is that Rhinos are not a Cunning species. We are trusting and often gullible. So We need to be vigilant.
Armed with a Sense of Scent without Equal, Rhinos know when a situation stinks. Then We Address Matters. You knew that all along, right?
Food for Thought
Mr. Oscar Wilde, a 19th c. wit and author, wrote: “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention”.
Yes, says Your Inner Rhino.
poetetics
Rhinos are fond of Fiction, probably because We can follow the plot and understand the outcome. If it were something more factual, We would never grasp what happened. Too much stuff and too many points of view, and ultimately, no conclusion. Life just goes on, understood or not.
Befuddling, but true.
On Trees
Money doesn’t grow on trees, We are told. In fact, most things do not grow on trees, including Cement Mixers.
Bark, and leaves, and fruit grow on trees, much of them edible. Bees and monkeys and squirrels and other critters live in trees, but that is not quite the same thing.
As Cement Mixers do not grow on trees, YIR suggests We all take them a little more seriously when We encounter one.
to Youuuuuuuu!
In 1893, Ms. Mildred J. Hill and her sister, Ms. Patty Hill (b.today, 1868), got the copyright for a song called “Good Morning to You”, which every Rhino today knows as “Happy Birthday to You”.
Even the most tone deaf of Us can grunt along with this celebrated ditty, composed so that very young children could sing it.
The magic ingredient in singing it is Enthusiasm, not musicianship. At least, that’s how Rhinos see it.
On our way…
Wishing all our YIR Readers untroubled days.
As always.
Extrication
Mr. Harry Houdini, b.1874, is world famous for getting out of unusually complex situations. He was an Escapologist. And quite a Showman.
The traps and tricks from which Mr. Houdini liberated himself were seemingly impossible to defeat. Yet he managed, time after time, to astound his audience.
Rhino Thinking may not be tricksy enough to help Us elude snares. Too bad for Us. We are not cunning.
Quality Control
Rhinos are staunch fans of Encouragement. We enjoy giving it. We enjoy getting it.
Makes things more pleasant. Ask anybody.
Your Inner Rhino 