Full moon again. Always makes any Rhino merry.
Taking our Temperature
There seem to be two popular ways for knowing how hot things are. They are called Centigrade and Fahrenheit. Depending on where you are or who you’re with, or who made the thermometer, you get different readings.
Rhinos are generally content with “Sizzling, isn’t it?”, “Could it get hotter, I ask you?”, and “Is there enough glare to suit you?”. None of these is memorable, but they cover our needs.
Warm’s warm, etc. Yes? Take a sniff or peer around; it’ll come to you.
In the Kitchen with Shakespearean
From that cunning old recipe in MACBETH:
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake.
Eye of Newt, etc., etc.
For those of you who want to try this recipe, Shakespeare was referring to black mustard seed, when discussing Newt’s Eyes. Who knew? Likewise, Toe of Frog refers to buttercups.
We like to do our Research, here at Your inner Rhino.com. When We remember to.
Tis the Season…
Early Onset Pumpkin Fever… it ain’t pretty, but it does come with its own sweet sense of Anticipation.
High Heels
It’s Can-Can Weather, right? It’s been almost 200 years since it came along in Paris, and remains a pleasingly flamboyant dance. Not to mention Good Exercise.
A feature of performing the Can-Can are the yips and squeals punctuating the kicks, splits and leaps. Rhinos are generally keen on inarticulate noises, but then, who is not?
Naughty Ooh-La-La dances never have any trouble getting an Audience. Not among Rhinos, at any rate.
YourInnerRhinOhBoy!
Today marks the one year Anniversary after the third year of publication for “YourInnerRhino.com”. Sadly, We Rhinos do not use numbers after Three (which accounts for the misunderstanding in the picture.)
In the 1,461 days since Oct. 20, 2014 We have published 1,451 times. That’s more than 99% delivery, though We did have to farm out the mathematical work to the Experts…
Rhinos, both on the hoof and our Staff, rejoice in Reader Support, and plan to give the Three years plus Two, too. To you and you. And you too.
Peck’s Peak
Ms. Annie Smith Peck (b.1850) was a Mountaineer, Suffragette, Author and Lecturer. She was interested in Latin America, and its climbing opportunities, among which was Huascaran in Peru. She was the first woman to scale it in 1908. 20 years on, Peru renamed the mountain in her honor.
In 1911 she put a banner for women on top of Mt. Coropuna. She kept climbing things, primarily mountains, until she was 82. To the astonishment and dismay of the press, she wore pants when in the field.
Rhinos have never lingered in South America, just why We cannot say; just didn’t work out. But We can hail Ms. Peck’s vigor and sense of Adventure. With or without pants.
A Dilemma
Rhinos are used to hearing about getting out of bed on the Wrong Side. This faulty activity is supposed to account for Grumpiness, though nobody ever says why.
What We are unable to ascertain is: which side of the bed is the Right Side? One looks like another, as far as We can see.
We are being set up for failure. Is it any wonder that We are occasionally Moody?
O Happy Day!
Even when Fortune seems to bestow a giftee, We Rhinos find that Wishing is insufficient for delivering the goods.
What a surprise Wishing Bonanza does encourage Us to do is to assess just what it is We want. That exercise can be revealing and astonishing.
All said and done, the most dependable way of getting what a Rhino wants is through Effort.
the Pantry
It astounds Us Rhinos that Nature almost invariably provides a lot of food for Us. A few times a year We may need to go somewhere else to browse, but that’s about it.
When We go to make a meal, which is just about all the time, We do not lack for Ingredients.
It’s magnificent when We consider how many mouths there are to feed, all Critters considered. In the Wild.
Your Inner Rhino 