A Rhino Favorite, Hr. Hans Christian Andersen, b.1805, wrote the familiar tale of Thumbelina, so named because the heroine was Fingersized. She had various Danish adventures, but never grew much.
This story is unusually intriguing to Rhino Tots, whose daily goal is getting Bigger, as soon as possible. For Us, being perpetually wee confounds the Imagination.
Hr. Andersen’s story does not include a discussion with Thumbelina herself, detailing her point of view. Frankly, it seems like an oversight.
Sig. Giacomo Girolamo Casanova, b. 1725 in Venice, is famous (or infamous) for his way with the opposite sex. He was also an author, traveler, fashionisto, and man of intrigue.
What no Rhino can forget about him is his exceptional gifts with Scent. Sig. Casanova knew how to do Damage in a crowded room, just by standing upwind.
Pure Inner Rhino, bubbling to the surface.
April Fools Day seems inadequate for dealing with the number of bewildered critters Rhinos run into.
YIR proposes that April be repurposed to April Fools Month.
It’s just an idea, but hey, ideas must start somewhere.
Ode to the Jelly Bean:
O Sugar, Sugar, Sugar,
Sugar, Sugar, Sugar, Sugar, Sugar, Sugar, Sugar, Sugar,
Sugar, O.
Mr. Oscar Wilde, a 19th c. wit and author, wrote: “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention”.
Yes, says Your Inner Rhino.
Rhinos are fond of Fiction, probably because We can follow the plot and understand the outcome. If it were something more factual, We would never grasp what happened. Too much stuff and too many points of view, and ultimately, no conclusion. Life just goes on, understood or not.
Befuddling, but true.
YIR wants to mention the Greek Hippocrates, 460 BC, who is famous in medical history. Much of his philosophy aims at letting Healing happen, rather than trying to force it. He recommended Natural solutions wherever possible.
Here is a quote of his: Doing Nothing is also a good Remedy.
Very Rhino.
Money doesn’t grow on trees, We are told. In fact, most things do not grow on trees, including Cement Mixers.
Bark, and leaves, and fruit grow on trees, much of them edible. Bees and monkeys and squirrels and other critters live in trees, but that is not quite the same thing.
As Cement Mixers do not grow on trees, YIR suggests We all take them a little more seriously when We encounter one.
In 1893, Ms. Mildred J. Hill and her sister, Ms. Patty Hill (b.today, 1868), got the copyright for a song called “Good Morning to You”, which every Rhino today knows as “Happy Birthday to You”.
Even the most tone deaf of Us can grunt along with this celebrated ditty, composed so that very young children could sing it.
The magic ingredient in singing it is Enthusiasm, not musicianship. At least, that’s how Rhinos see it.
Your Inner Rhino 