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Paul Krause\" rel=\"author\">Paul Krause<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-09-09T12:10:48-05:00<\/span><span>September 9th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Trust Represents All Hues The variables keep changing. How am I supposed to keep up? I hope my efforts and<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/09\/trust-represents-all-hues\/\" aria-label=\"More on Trust Represents All Hues\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2761\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2761 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #eae9e9;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/15\/give-thanks-for-a-life-well-lived\/\">Give Thanks for a Life Well-Lived<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/author\/paul-krause\/\" title=\"Posts by Paul Krause\" rel=\"author\">Paul Krause<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-06-15T15:11:10-05:00<\/span><span>June 15th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>  \u00a0 All is well. We rest in the knowing that our loved one is safe. By design, life<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/15\/give-thanks-for-a-life-well-lived\/\" aria-label=\"More on Give Thanks for a Life Well-Lived\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2758\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2758 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #eae9e9;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#eae9e9;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"923\" src=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bk-and-matt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bk-and-matt-200x154.jpg 200w, https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bk-and-matt-400x308.jpg 400w, https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bk-and-matt-600x462.jpg 600w, https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bk-and-matt-800x615.jpg 800w, https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bk-and-matt.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 407px, (min-width: 732px) 610px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/15\/the-road-less-travelled\/\">The Road Less Travelled<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/15\/the-road-less-travelled\/\" aria-label=\"The Road Less Travelled\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/15\/the-road-less-travelled\/\">The Road Less Travelled<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/author\/paul-krause\/\" title=\"Posts by Paul Krause\" rel=\"author\">Paul Krause<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-06-15T14:58:34-05:00<\/span><span>June 15th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Curiosity had me in its grip. Why was I waffling? Old patterns! Excitement, animation, and mind-blowing adventure or the familiar,<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/15\/the-road-less-travelled\/\" aria-label=\"More on The Road Less Travelled\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2751\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2751 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #eae9e9;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#eae9e9;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/blog-photo-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/blog-photo-3-200x103.jpg 200w, https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/blog-photo-3-400x206.jpg 400w, https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/blog-photo-3-600x309.jpg 600w, https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/blog-photo-3-800x412.jpg 800w, https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/blog-photo-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 407px, (min-width: 732px) 610px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/video-of-old-oak-tree\/\">Video of Old Oak Tree<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/video-of-old-oak-tree\/\" aria-label=\"Video of Old Oak Tree\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/video-of-old-oak-tree\/\">Video of Old Oak Tree<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/author\/paul-krause\/\" title=\"Posts by Paul Krause\" rel=\"author\">Paul Krause<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-04-07T09:40:27-05:00<\/span><span>April 7th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>  My blog posting is dedicated to the memory of my dear brother who cared about and was generous<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/video-of-old-oak-tree\/\" aria-label=\"More on Video of Old Oak Tree\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2747\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2747 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #eae9e9;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#eae9e9;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/walking-in-grace.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/walking-in-grace-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/walking-in-grace-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/walking-in-grace-600x398.jpg 600w, 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Grace\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/walking-in-grace\/\">Walking in Grace<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/author\/paul-krause\/\" title=\"Posts by Paul Krause\" rel=\"author\">Paul Krause<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-04-07T09:21:56-05:00<\/span><span>April 7th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Walking in Grace I thought I knew. I thought I knew exactly what would unfold. I thought I knew exactly<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/walking-in-grace\/\" aria-label=\"More on Walking in Grace\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2740\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2740 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,1);border:1px solid #eae9e9;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#eae9e9;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/blog-photo-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/blog-photo-3-200x103.jpg 200w, https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/blog-photo-3-400x206.jpg 400w, https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/blog-photo-3-600x309.jpg 600w, https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/blog-photo-3-800x412.jpg 800w, https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/blog-photo-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 407px, (min-width: 732px) 610px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/old-oak-tree\/\">Old Oak Tree<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/old-oak-tree\/\" aria-label=\"Old Oak Tree\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/old-oak-tree\/\">Old Oak Tree<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/author\/paul-krause\/\" title=\"Posts by Paul Krause\" rel=\"author\">Paul Krause<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-03-25T14:25:06-05:00<\/span><span>March 25th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>For Ray My blog posting is dedicated to the memory of my dear brother who cared about and was generous<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/old-oak-tree\/\" aria-label=\"More on Old Oak Tree\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"pagination clearfix\"><span class=\"current\">1<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276\/page\/2\/\" class=\"inactive\">2<\/a><a class=\"pagination-next\" rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/276\/page\/2\/\"><span class=\"page-text\">Next<\/span><span class=\"page-next\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : calc( 0.03 * calc( 100% - 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