Hubs are a mainstay on the vast majority of cars, trucks, and motorcycles.  It is hard to imagine a vehicle without wheels.   You might think that the engine is the most critical component to any vehicle's drivetrain, but without wheels, a vehicle wouldn't be able to roll from place to place.   But in order to have functional, rolling wheels you need to have good hubs.    Without good hubs your vehicle will not perform properly.   Any potential...

There is nothing more frustrating than working on puzzle and finding that a puzzle piece is missing.   You buy a box of puzzle pieces at a yard sale or op shop.   You work endless hours connecting all the puzzle pieces.   But the puzzle is never complete.  One or more of the pieces are missing. There can be missing pieces of the puzzle in a church as well.   In fact, this happens more often than not.   Every...

Sometimes it pays to take a second look.   Especially when you buy a used car.  In my teens I bought a 1970 VW Beetle.  It seemed okay at first glance.  I had an after school part-time job at a VW dealership.  When I showed my mechanic friends what I had bought, they all had a good chuckle.   The engine was only running on two cylinders, not four.   Perhaps I should have taken one of those mechanics...

I love watching a potter at her wheel giving shape to clod of clay. At first all you see is this clump of brown earth.  Moments later that useless lump takes the shape of a bowl, mug, vase, or some other useful vessel.   I tried my hand at pottery in highschool, but I soon realised that shaping clay was not my thing.  But anything pottery still gets my intrigue and our cupboards at home prove this...

During the Great Depression of the 1930’s, there was a sheep ranch owned by a man named Ira Yates.  Mr. Yates wasn't able to make enough on his ranching operation to pay the principal and interest on the mortgage, so he was in danger of losing his ranch.  With little money for clothes or food, his family, like many others during the depression years, had to live on government subsidy.  Day after day, Yates would watch his...