“On Your Honor”
September 7, 2015
What do American women with brown hair have in common with German roadside cherry (kirschen) stands?
One Sunday this past summer, while teaching in the Black Forest area of Germany, a friend and I took a Sunday drive. I was pretty certain we would pass a few roadside fruit stands where we could pick up a basket of in-season cherries. No one would be manning the stand, or hiding in the bushes to spy potential cherry thieves; it was completely on your honor that you placed a few Euros in the tin container. …