Everybody knows that Java is probably the most fertile place on Earth. And what makes it so Fertile is not only the weather and rainfall, but the Volcanic Ash which regularly rains down on the island, enriching the soil.
Some of Us Rhinos have lived on Java for a long time, and nobody much likes Volcanic Fallout. Still, once things settle down, plants go berserk. Salad Galore.
The Rough with the Smooth, a Rhino Fact of Life.
Hypatia was a 4th century specialist in philosophy, mathematics, and astrology. She lived in Egypt and was highly regarded, being the first female mathematician about whom much is known today.
Unhappily, nothing she wrote is directly known, though she had quite a reputation among philosophers of her day.
We hail Hypatia’s achievements, despite the fact that We Rhinos never much understood her.
Ah, excellent Readers, here is the YIR Staff, pulling ourself together as best We may. Being away is stimulating, but keeping our marbles assembled is a challenge. So many bits and pieces, each one full of memorable-ness!
Being Away is fun, but being Home is good too.
Hello, out there!
Saturday, September 22 is WORLD RHINO DAY, so hang them banners and toot them horns!
Please.
The YIR staff is off gadding about, but will return to the office the 25th.
Wish us luck!
That’s right, Readers! It’s Talk-Like-a-Pirate-Day once again! Gather your doubloons, bottles of rum, etc. and get with it.
It’s a ‘Your Inner Rhino’ sort of holiday.
Shiverr Yrrr Timberrrzz!
Mr. Melville R. Bissell (b. 1843) invented the Carpet Sweeper in 1876, a popular labor-saving device. No more beating the rugs on the back fence; you just swept the rugs on the floor. Neat!
In the Wild, this invention is not common. Rhinos don’t own anything, and there is much more dirt than there is carpet…
It’s use also assumes We Rhinos don’t like the dirt where it is, which isn’t the case.
Rhinos are a Curious Crowd, and sometimes feel driven to satisfy our Curiosity. It’s an Urge that wants Scratching.
But a Word to the Wise: Don’t go visit the Beast in its Lair.
Never say you Readers were not Warned.
Transformations are really the norm of Nature. We have the Before-the-Sneeze, and then, shortly after, the Post-Sneeze. We have the Onset of Adolescence, and then later, the Fade-out of Adolescence. And so on, each experience tinting our thinking, sometimes Dramatically. Sometimes not.
Take it or leave it, each Rhino is a Work in Progress. Inside and Out. Seldom on a schedule We control.
We want to remind our Readers that for every day of Human History, Rhinos have been here as a family. Plus, in one form or another, another 50 million years or so.
Happy Times and Less Happy Times.
Your Inner Rhino 