On August 5, 642 AD, Penda of Mercia and Oswald of Bernicia met for the Battle of Maserfield. To this day, nobody knows what the problem was, why they both felt Thrashings were needed, or where exactly everybody fought. Oswald was killed. Nothing specific happened as a result.
And from this story We Rhinos learn what? We are just glad We were not there at the time.
Rhinos don’t live in houses in the Wild. You probably knew that instinctively. ‘Indoors’ is an alien concept.
But that doesn’t mean We Rhinos have never seen an Urban Setting. We have, though they’re confusing. We drift by after sunset sometimes. So much stuff We can’t eat… what is that about?
We can theorize about Urbans when We are of a mind to do it and create pretend ones. But We still can’t eat them.
Alice, of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ fame, had an unusual collection of experiences, a surprising number of which involved shifting sizes, mega-tall to quite short. What triggered these changes is attributed to cookies, drinks, mushrooms, and who knows what all. One minute Alice is one size, turn the page and she’s another.
What makes Alice’ Inner Rhino so obvious is that she notices her transformation, but does not panic. She looks around for solutions, and when none presents itself, she presses onward. We ask you, what more Rhinoid Determination could she demonstrate? Cool in the face of Confusion. Mostly Mannerly, despite Provocation.
Sounds just like Adolescence to Us.
Rhinos have been around for 50 million years, so it may be understandable that our perspective of Olde Tyymes differs from our Readers. There is lot of Time back there to examine and appreciate.
However, Rhinos always need to get on with Today’s Assignments, primarily Fine Dining. So We keep our curiosity under control, lest fond Memories choke Common Sense.
We Rhinos are, and obviously have been, big fans of Kite Flying. And yes, Papyrus makes a fine kite. Check it out.
Mr. Lewis Carroll wrote two biographic accounts about Alice, one an Adventure in Wonderland and the other Through the Looking Glass. Rhinos find the first book compelling, but are puzzled why Alice went back for more. A glutton for punishment?
Our point today is that Alice clearly had plenty of Inner Rhino; in both biographies, she gets fed up with being jerked around. She stands up and says, in effect, “Knock it off, you Maniacs”.
We like these refusals to be bullied. Very Rhino, say We.
Modern Experts report that the Rhino Family is 55 million years old, which means Very Old. But how does anyone know? No clocks back then, right? Nobody sitting around checking things off on a calendar… We Rhinos don’t object, but We do wonder. Ocassionally.
For Us, Time is elastic, somehow sweeping around Us, dictating things like Sunrise, but otherwise, Time is simply a Constant Companion. Like rocks and lizards.
As We have mentioned, Rhinos don’t count past 3, which has excluded Us from these “How Old?” discussions. Which is OK.
Today is not only Bastille Day, celebrating French National Ideals, but also Pandemonium Day, celebrating Chaos.
Seems like a day for either a Helluva Good Time or Many Misgivings.
Hard to tell for Rhinos. We may not grasp the fine points of the occasion.
As the years roll by, Rhinos sometimes like to recollect what happened “back then”, more or less. Romance and nostalgia tint our collective Rhino Memoirs. Facts are open to Interpretation, recalled or not as the case may require. What set of narrative ideas can resist improvement?
We would like to point out that the Bygone Days actually start Yesterday.
Hard to beat the Common Sense of Mr. Franklin, say We Rhinos.
Today being Father’s Day, YIR has chosen a different sort of Dad to salute, namely, Herodotus, “The Father of History”.
Herodotus was Greek, born in Persia. Prior to his book, ‘The Histories’ (425 BC), nobody had recorded events hoping to explain why things happened as they did. He traveled widely, and dealt with all sorts of sources, looking for a balanced picture of leaders, peoples, and events. Ingenious.
All history is only as good as your sources, and Herodotus apparently found some comics, among his ‘experts’. We Rhinos notice that nothing much has changed.
Your Inner Rhino 