For Rhinos, Mother’s instruction is all We get. Our dads are long gone. But as it turns out, Mom’s directions are not the only ones We receive. When We least expect it, a suggestion will pop itself out of the blue.

We are not told who is sending the ideas, but We suspect it may be our Dad’s influence, from his side of the family, somebody from before, years or centuries, who can tell? The message has been sent, and here We are profiting from it.

Good Advice is Good Advice. Some system, huh?!

So many mental expeditions, so many locations and flavors and scents. All Rhinos have these refuges, and a special suite are simple home turf, designed by and just for each of Us. A place where We are entirely at One with the atmosphere, where We belong. We relax.

A sense of Tranquility is a gift. That’s how We Rhinos see things.

Reading tea leaves is a time-honored study. You put some tea in a cup, add water, lose the water, then look at the wet leaves in the bottom of the cup. Voila! Information!

We are not adept at this artform. Rhinos have neither cups nor tea, not to mention any understanding of these damp messages. Still, We can’t ignore the idea that there is some Tea Leaf Database operating beyond Rhino ken.

Not every mystery is designed for Rhinos.

You might look at this and wonder how many Rhinos have spent a lot of time building card houses. We admit We don’t know a Rhino who has managed it, but We are keeping our eyes peeled, in case.

Still, Rhinos don’t need to make a thing to be impressed and delighted by it. We can just celebrate the Wow Factor, and feel improved. No specific way, but just energized by the Wow itself. The Big Roller Coaster of Nature.

It’s a lot to deal with.

Appearances aside, Rhinos are built for Flights of Fancy. We have the right temperament and the imagination required for such activity. We can suit up in a jiffy, and take off. Flip that mental switch and We’re in business!

We soar. It’s the Rhino Way.

There is an old African proverb that goes like this:

‘We live life forward. We understand it backward.’

This appeals to our Inner Rhino.

At meal time, We Rhinos get excited, Big Time. Nature has dished up a varied and exciting selection of greens, nutricious and delicious. We might as well all enjoy the opportunities We get. And Rhinos do.

Night and day We are grateful.

Congratulations to everyone concerned in the recent election. The ballots are cast, shortly to be counted. Given the Pandemic, there were few scuffles at the polls. Part One is coming to an end.

Whatever the outcome in the next few months, and the years following them, We Rhinos sense that We will have misgivings. We wonder if this is a country with respect for its own laws and traditions. Has a ‘personality culture’ replaced respect and patience? Too much emotion, too little reasonable discussion.

We are uneasy.

In 1492 a meteorite landed near Ensisheim, a small village in Alsace in NE France. It is the first recorded meteorite impact witnessed and recorded. Rhinos have seen lots of Events, some long lasting, others momentarily spectacular. Frankly, it never occurred to Us Rhinos that anybody would care, unless somebody We knew was where it landed.

Rhinos, along with everybody else, call this the Ensisheim Meteorite. Must have made quite an impression, both on the terrain and the public.

The Dunce Cap was invented by the Scotsman John Duns Scotus around 1300 AD. He felt it could help the wearer to focus attention on the lesson. It was scientific, or very nearly.

More recently, the Dunce Cap has denoted ignorance or social transgression. It is not often used Today; there are Modern Ways to humiliate and alienate students.

John Duns Scotus died today in 1308, a great teacher and churchman. He was made a saint in 1993. No rush.