The staff of Your Inner Rhino is taking a brief pause, until Sunday or Monday, to do mental calisthenics and relocate our marbles, as many as possible.
Thank you for your Patience.
Comparing Notes
A question occasionally arises about how much one critter’s Life is worth versus another critter’s. Is a Rhino’s life more meaningful than a gnat’s? A gorilla’s more meaningful than a grasshopper’s? Or a rutabaga’s?
It is not possible to tell, because the value of any life is determined by Nature. Each Being has a purpose, but We don’t get to know it. We can only assume that each and every one is contributing to a Great Answer.
This consideration helps to keep Rhinos humble. Sort of.
Thanks, Ma’am
Ms. Rachel Carson’s birthday is this Saturday, the 27th. However, YIR will be away that day, so We are mentioning it now.
Ms. Carson did a great deal to raise awareness of the chemical pollution of pesticides and the toll of unrestricted industrial activity on the environment. What critter would not be grateful to her?
Well, all right; not every critter is sensible. Even Rhinos have the occasional Loose Screw.
XL Collision Course
India used to be somewhere else, but 70 million years ago it headed off for Asia, arriving with much Wallop; in this case, the crunching and raising of the Himalayas. A Very Big Ba-Boom!
Nature makes these events pretty spectacular, however leisurely the pace. The Himalayas are still growing.
And yes, We Rhinos were there for the “Hello, India” party. 20 million years ago.
A Rose by any other name…
Mr. Carl Linnaeus (b. 1707) established a system for naming organisms, grouping them with the first word, and specifying them with the second. His system, with tweaks, is in use today.
Linnea borealis is shown, named for Mr. Linnaeus himself. He was Swedish.
Rhinos use our noses, plus uncanny Instinct, to sort plants. We group as 1) Ready, 2) Not Yet, and 3) Never Categories, all related to dining.
The Femme Fatale
Miss Irene Adler is the pivotal character in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Scandal in Bohemia, in which she outwits Sherlock Holmes. It is a favorite Holmes story among Female Rhinos. (Ms. Adler was an opera singer before the tale begins, which should tell you a lot about toughness.)
Happily, Mr. Holmes comes to admire her for her cunning and moral fiber.
Mr. Conan Doyle (b.1859) always offers a good read, if only We could.
Cheerio, my Deario!
This is Your inner Rhino’s way of saying a Big Thank Ewe to all our Readership, the mighty force which We so happily serve.
It’s a pleasure to Boogey in your company.
Who discovered Whom?
In 1498 Vasco da Gama arrived in India. He did not discover India, since it was already there and everybody knew it. What he did find was a way to get there by boat, sailing around Africa. Very Big Deal for Portugal, yes it was.
Exploration is a good thing, but it does all depend on perspective, just who is on the receiving end of what experience.
So it’s like Life itself, yes? That’s the Inner Rhino POV today.
Ventilations
An advantage of having Bulk is that there are so many places for our Inner Rhinotude to shine forth. Rhinos stand, awash in our own Natural Positivity. We see one another through this specialized Effusion.
Our true colors, shining through. Small wonder Rhinos are so upbeat.
And the Rains Came
For you Rain Enthusiasts, now to September is a fine time to visit Us in Nepal. Yes, it’s the Rainy Season, on which We vegetarians all depend.
Not only does the water make everything grow, but it controls the dust, and restores our faith in Variation.
“The world is mud-licious and puddle-wonderful”, to quote e.e. cummings.
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