TABLE OF CONTENTS

May 20, 1999 - Jesse's first letter for the new Original Red Clay Ramblers Web site on Tommy's battle with Alzheimer's
July 16, 1999 - singing hymns with Tommy and friends
July 27, 1999 - taking Tommy out for the day
Sept 2, 1999 - "Give Me the Roses" - the Tarwater Band visits Britthaven
October 1, 1999 - nursing homes
November 1, 1999 - going to see the Red Clay Ramblers play
November 16, 1999 - more old-time music at Britthaven
December 19, 1999 - "Real Art" - taking Tommy to see Jack Herricks' play Bah Humbug
January 18, 2000 - "Gratitude and Puppy Love"
February 17, 2000 - "Kitchen in the Air"
March 24, 2000 - Tommy's drum and friends at Britthaven
April 8, 2000 - The Alzheimer's Conference Update from the Neurological Disorders Clinic and the Family Support Program at Duke University
May 14, 2000 - "For Mother's Day"
June 14, 2000 - "The Stroke"
June 17, 2000 - "Musical Memories"
June 22, 2000 - "...in which he holds the drum during tapes and recordings of the banjo"
June 25, 2000 - "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you'll get what you need...."
July 1, 2000 - "Visitation"
July 20, 2000 - "Cowboy Ceilidh"
August 7, 2000 - "The Concert at the Art Museum" - Tommy goes to see the Red Clay Ramblers perform
September 15, 2000 - "Dear Friends, There'll be no sad farewells, there'll be no tear dimmed eyes. Where all is joy and peace and love, and the soul of man never dies."- An Update by Jesse
October 16, 2000 - "What Dementia Means"
November 5, 2000 - "Hospital Update"
November 28, 2000 - "My Trip to West Virginia: a mute tribute to my heritage"
December 17, 2000 - "Tommy moves to a new stage of his illness"
February 1, 2001 - "What Comes From Deep Inside When the Body Won't Obey"
March 1, 2001 - Tommy's nurse writes about helping Tommy with his own music
April 7, 2001 - Tommy in his new home - "...Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax and Cabbages and Kings..."
June 7, 2001 - David, Jesse, and  Joe Newberry visit Tommy
July 24, 2001 - visiting Marcia Edmundson's parents and Tommy for the weekend
August 1, 2001 - Jesse writes about the O'Blurs at the Eno and a couple of great restaurants
September 3, 2001 - Memories of Lone Star Love: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas from the early '70s to the upcoming performance in Cleveland, Ohio, October 18 - November 4, 2001
October 25, 2001 - Certainty...gone the way of Newtonian Physics
October 27, 2001 - October visit to Dad
November 4, 2001 - Elves
November 22, 2001 - Two papers I found
December 22, 2001 - A thousand words yet to come (photo album)
January 2, 2002 - Prayers for Tommy
January 10, 2002 - Memories of Charles House
January 22, 2002 - Spray-painted Christmas bells all over New York City
March 31, 2002 - Jesse's review of Jim Watson's CD Release Celebration for Willie's Redemption
August 2, 2002 - "Brick Airplanes" - Tom Ashley Thompson's building and design business
September 1, 2002 - Stolen Love - reflections on the great second LP of the Red Clay Ramblers
February 15, 2003 - What is there for a daughter to say when Odysseus dies?...
March 2, 2003 - "Remembering Tommy" tribute at the West Bank Cafe, New York City, 2/27/03
April 22, 2003 - Orange Co. (NC) resolution honoring Tommy
May 19, 2003 - Kanawha Valley (WVa) FOOTMAD donation in memory of Tommy
June 17, 2003 - Invitation to the reception honoring the Red Clay Ramblers for being chosen Back Porch Music's Artists of the Year
August 2, 2003 - Recovery - Duke Community Bereavement Services
October 4, 2004 - The Baby Boomers Latest Revolution
September 21, 2005 - Fuzzy Bunny Contemplates New Orleans
August 4, 2006 - A trip to the Carter Family Fold with the Original Red Clay Ramblers on July 22, 2006 -- Tommy's 69th birthday

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Besides Tommy's section of the site, the following pages are also related to Jesse and Tommy:
Blurred Time "The Sleeper": the aftermath of Jesse and Bobbie's car accident
Mike Craver's "Visiting Tommy"
Roots of the Red Clay Ramblers:
Fuzzy Mountain String Band: Jesse's mom, Bobbie, recorded with Rambler Bill Hicks and others
Hollow Rock String Band: Tommy and Bobbie Thompson named this band for their community