Month: August 2025

  • Ende der Erdbeersaison

    Was zuletzt geschah (Kontext):Seit dem 30. April habe ich am Erdbeerstand gearbeitet – erst Spätschichten (13 – 20 Uhr), ab Juni dann Frühschichten (5:45 Uhr – 13Uhr). Vier Monate Erdbeerverkauf sind nun vorbei. Zeit für einen Rückblick. Arbeitsalltag:Um 4:30 Uhr aufzustehen ist nicht schön, aber für mich überraschend machbar. Um 14Uhr zuhause zu sein und…

  • 20250822

    That is/was my workplace for the past few months. Mo-Fr 5:45 – 13:00, Sa 7:45 – 13:00. Normally I place the sunshade in such a way that no sun shines directly onto the strawberries, I moved it out of the way to take these pictures and a few others like it. There was only a…

  • Cream Puffs

    She says there’s a right way to crack an egg one-handed, and her demonstration is both confident and wrong. The shell crumbles. The yolk races across the counter like a toddler spotting freedom. She laughs without remorse as he catches it in cupped palms. He bows like a showman. Flour swirls in the air. Their…

  • 20250818 Am Erdbeerstand

    The woman in the last photo is one of the regular customers. In the past four months she bought strawberries from me a handful of times, but she greets me every morning with “Hallo, lieber Erdbeermann.” And occassionaly she drops by just to leave me a tip, always thanking me for being such a nice…

  • Cozy Wash

    Mouthing along to Doechii’s “Catfish”, I smoothly shift gears as I pull in to the car wash to get the rental cleaned before returning it. My cheeks hurt from the wide smile that’s been fixed on my face for the past two hours. I drum along to the beat and glance at myself in the…