Today We are saluting Fernando Botero. He comes from Colombia, which is in South America. His famous artworks concern themselves with figures of bulk, ultra 3-D, sensuous.
A Rhino kind of guy. Hence the homage, heartfelt if pale-by-comparison, above.
Happy birthday, Mr. Botero!
Rhinos are not specific about our own Birthdays. Dates may make attractive charts, but they don’t make sense to everybody. Rhinos are numerically illiterate.
However, We are party animals, so We each designate a few days a week for celebration. Even if We miss the exact day, We probably get within a few days, one direction or another. Also, a good time is always a good time, not to be sniffed at.
Happy Birthday to You. With icing and many kisses. And one to grow on.
Hans Christian Andersen wrote a lot of stories for children, back in old Denmark. We are fans of his. Perhaps a bit wistful, but all in all, Great Work.
The Princess and the Pea requires a RhinoStretch, as any Rhino would have smelled the pea the minute she went into the bedroom, mattresses or no mattresses. Unless she had a cold. Peas make a good bedtime snack. Mattresses can be tasty too, depending on what’s inside.
Still, a big tall bed is much fun to think about, and mental gymnastics is a Rhino Specialty. As you Readers know.
Today is April Fool’s Day, as you Readers are probably aware. Ho-Ho-Ho Hee-Hee, We giggle, appreciating Tomfoolery as all Rhinos do.
But Also, it is Your Inner Rhino’s celebration for our 500th Posting! 500 is close to half of a million (Right?) so that is a lot of stuff. What is reassuring for Us is that so much subject matter remains to be investigated in your company.
Your support makes our mission that much more enjoyable. So, Thank You, 500 Times.
This is just a reminder that Honky Tonk Piano is considered, in Rhino Circles, a fine solution to all forms of Melancholy and Indigestion. It constitutes a musical tonic, hard to beat.
YIR, looking out for its Readership.
As you Readers know, Rhinos do not actually get dressed, ever. We own nothing, so it is an easy choice.
Still, We think that if a slipcover looks good on a sofa, why not try it out as a wardrobe choice? Obviously, it has a lot to recommend it, not only aesthetically, but practically.
Just a suggestion, but take a look at your shower curtains and weigh the possibilities.
Your Inner Rhino again recommends the Jelly Bean Diet, that unfailing favorite…
Sheherazade is by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and a haunting piece of music it is. All arabesques and seduction and mystery. Very Rhino.
The musical piece is based on “The Arabian Nights”, which is a great Rhino favorite. Ms. Scheherazade keeps herself busy telling stories. Rhinos love stories and story telling. We love stories today, and We loved them when We helped crank these out originally, say, a thousand years ago.
Yes, that’s right. Rhinos get around. And got around then too. Family tradition.
(Today is Rimsky-Korsakov’s birthday, but in 1844, We are told.)
There’s Keats and Shelley and Wordsworth, plus others, and Your Inner Rhino.
But let’s face it, We are the only ones on that list still cranking out Verse!
You’re welcome.
… they who will not hear, is how that saying ends, in case you forgot.
When Julius Caesar died in 44 BC, he shouldn’t have been surprised. He had been handed his expiration date by a soothsayer.
The Seer was named Spurrina (says Suetonius, who ought to know) who had divined his forecast by perusing entrails, as any good haruspex would do. Seems a strange method, but We Rhinos have seen fancy thinking before, so maybe Spurrina was onto something. We have to admit, Spurrina got it right.
Spurrina should not be confused with Farina, which is a breakfast porridge. Your Inner Rhino likes to keep the record straight.
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