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cortisone cream

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2009.09.16

Kenny had broken out in a rash yesterday morning. Mari took him to the clinic and came away with some cortisone cream that Kenny quite liked.

Quite liked.

I was sitting at my computer and thought, "Boy's awfully damn quiet!" This is what I found under the dining table.

small boy playing with cortisone cream

At least he was trying to lather it on his leg, which had the worst of the rash.

rand()m quote

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. He is considered successful in our day who gets more out of life than he puts in. But a man of value will give more than he receives.

—Albert Einstein