A quote from Wm. Shakespeare: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. That Mr. Shakespeare had quite a way with Words.
Rhinos don’t use Words too much. An associated point is that Names, per se, are entirely flexible for Us Rhinos. If people refer to Us as Gortwiggles, what has changed for Us? Right: nothing.
Maybe Words provide less communication than is commonly supposed, no matter how seductive and addictive Words can be.
Rhinos do not always feel up-and-at’em and full of sarsaparilla. Occasionally, We feel a bit off-color, We admit it.
It is at these times We are glad that Rhinos are naturals at the Cakewalk. It is a dance that commands pizzazz and a lot of flashing teeth.
A few moments of the Cakewalk can put any Rhino back on track. Back in the pink, as it were.
Doubtless you Readers spend part of your days looking at the calendar, murmuring “it’s November, all right”. Yeah, November. Some day in November.
But November is different in various places. Some places it’s chilly; others, it’s toasty, dry, or damp. It’s a lot to wrap a Rhino’s head around.
Jab a pin in a world map, and ask yourself, What are those folks up to? It’s a lot to contemplate. Makes our heads throb.
Sometimes a Rhino will suddenly decide to return from somewhere to somewhere else in a Big Hurry. A Really Big Hurry.
For whatever reason. Usually, reason or logic has little to do with the situation. Gut Instinct is driving the car.
Which is one reason Rhinos are happy to have Gut Instinct, Naturally.
Rhinos used to travel more than We do today. Regular globe trotters. But few of Us today have ever been to Timbuktu.
Still, it is a Rhino Shangri-La, a storied location somewhere north of wherever, where a value is placed on diverse thinking and sensible discussion.
It is little wonder that We try to imagine its wavelength, to inhale its Mystique. Timbuktu. Gosh.
Today is National Doughnut Day. We Rhinos assume the importance of this festival requires no explanation.
What might make a Rhino ask is, why it is spelled ‘Donut’ and/or ‘Doughnut’?
‘Your Inner Rhino’ tackles these questions for your benefit, dear Readers. whether We answer the questions or not.
The Dodo was a large flightless relative of the pigeon, known only on Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Exposure to European sailors did them in, and in thirty years, Dodos were all gone. They were not stupid, they were trusting and curious.
Nature is always shifting things around, and in the shuffle, many species disappear. It is a Natural process, We think. Then everything gets recalibrated.
The Rhino Day will doubtless come. Or perhaps it’s here. The possibility exists for every species.
Today is the day We’re supposed to move the hands on the clock, up- or maybe it’s down. Anyway, it is a system to coordinate daily life with sunlight hours. Right?
For Rhinos, the day has no hours. nor do we have clocks of any kind, except the kind Inside. Today is always slightly different from Yesterday, and the day before. That’s just the Nature of things. All things.
Rhinos cannot control Time. It’s here for Us to enjoy, so that’s what We do.
North and South Dakota were admitted to the United States on November 2, 1889, in the same five minutes. The idea was that two states would have four senators, thus more influence nationally, though the population density was unimpressive.
The Dakotas were formerly part of the Dakota Territory, named for the Lakota Sioux Nation, which ranged far and wide on the plains. The western part of each state is a bit rumply, the eastern part is ideal for crops, having been flattened by glaciers.
There is plenty of room for Rhinos, but the weather is iffy: hot in the summer and bitter cold in the winter. Rhinos sometimes visit, but let it go at that.
November 1 is World Vegan Day. For Rhinos, every day is Vegan Day, that being all We eat.
We would be happy to show you Readers the Rhino Veggie Dance, but you can imagine it; it’s a bunch of jolly writhing, wriggling, stomping and chomping. It is not formalized, it’s spontaneous.
Veggies do that to Us. Also, they sustain Us.
Your Inner Rhino 