Earth is crammed with heaven

It bothers me every year. And I've already received several emails on 'the dangers of Halloween' from well-meaning individuals. Well my name's Karen and I don't mind it. I'm a Christian, and I've just carved my first pumpkin of the year. I lead a church and I've allowed my children to go 'trick or treating'. These are my reasons: Firstly I love pumpkins! Pumpkin cake, pumpkin soup, toasted pumpkin seeds if you're feeling virtuous, What's not to like? Carving them is hard work. I recommend a proper pumpkin carver, after the first year when I nearly lost my fingers using a carving knife. An ice-cream scoop is great for scooping out the flesh. I pull the stringy bits out by hand to rescue the pumpkin seeds. The difference with mine is I do one of two designs: Or The carvings speak for themselves. Jesus, the light of the world. Or Carve a heart for World Vision. The effect is beautiful. The message clear....

Chris and I went for a coffee this morning. It was a nice little cafe in a place we hadn't been before. We were pleased to see flat-whites on the menu. Described underneath as a double-shot espresso with frothy milk. Perfect. I ordered a skinny one... A token gesture... There was a young girl being trained, She was told it was a 'bald cappucino'  with no chocolate or biscuit. It sounded fairly accurate... "Except it's double-shot" I added helpfully. "Not here it's not. We do our own version." I kindly pointed out the menu. She stood corrected, never having noticed this phenomena before... When it arrived it was a very strong coffee with a teeny bit of milk and what looked like a teeny froth of skinny milk. I'm beginning to wonder if it was something else entirely You hear such stories of the practices of disgruntled waiters... Apparently their version doesn't include a frothy top. But we had a nice lunch I e...