WHERE I'M AT

To all of you guys who are wondering (or not) what's going on with this member of team Carter after the insane past year: a short update cause a lot has transpired over the past months and I am just now getting to a place where I can respond ,kind of, to so many folks who have written and been so supportive.

I have remodeled a space on the Roaring Fork River in Basalt for my new studio, its awesome and I am making art and watching the river rise.

I have remodeled Chase's unit in the Triplex in Santa Monica and it is sensational and she and Tate are diggin' it.

and I remodeled the front unit in the triplex for myself for those times I am in LA- working , seeing the Kids or just getting warm -and it is a perfect, small joint for me.

Other than that I am now primarily in Colorado living in Basalt and working in the new studio and relieved to have a very difficult ,complicated year coming to a close.

This is all good. I am happy to be back here among so many good friends and part of a real community

I have been here since Late May, and have been hiking every day (almost) and trying to get in shape for a summer of backpacking and camping and new drawings, seeing friends ,music, food, and........

Seeing what unfolds in this next phase of the life.

Missing Claudette terribly , every day but trying to adjust to the new deal and moving on to new and different situations and anxious to keep learning and exploring.

So this is where I am and if you feel like connecting, all my info is here and I hope to see all of you soon, here or there, and please , keep the faith and thanks for caring.

Love, DC

It’s been a long time since I’ve written. A lot has happened. More than I feel like is normal- to be honest….

Yesterday was a year since mom was diagnosed- and the amount that has changed in the last year is astounding. Mom is gone. Carter, Dad and I all have different living spaces, Carter is single, our cousin TJ was so sick he nearly died and had to earn to walk again… it’s been an upheaval.

Our lives are so unrecognizable- and yet when we are together, we are all- just the same.

Remarkable.

I will do a little explaining.

First of all, being that the last time I wrote was in November- let me back track. First off we had a thanksgiving in Basalt with the Fosters. (Click for pictures!) Then we went to Mexico for Christmas, which was awesome. Again more photos… Spent time in colorado for new years, did some sledding, had a great visit.

The day we left for Mexico, our cousin TJ- (aka Mom’s nephew/ Lois’s son) was admitted to the hospital for back pain, and within 24 hours he was going into system failure, his organs were shutting down and he was dying. We got this news as we were landing in Mexico. Perfect.

Over the next few days he was put on life support, and even thought they told us he might not make it thru the day- he just kept on surviving….

4 months later as they released him from the hospital to go to Rehab, the doctor would call him “nothing short of a miracle.” He had what is called MRSA- which is a vicious strand of the Staph infection. That led to Septicemia (blood poisening) which led to Bacterial Spinal Meningitis. Which rendered the lower half of his body useless.

And so- I could tell you horror stories, of painkillers and antibiotics, of stool softeners and immodium, of their Christmas, new years, superbowl, valentines day, hell even their Easter in the hospital. Imagine that… 5 months in the fucking hospital.

But he home and he’s walking and he’s living and he truly is NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRICLE. He still has a few more months of rehab, but fuck mate, at least he’s alive to do it….

So while all that was happening, Dad was renovating his apartment to move in, and that was accomplished and he moved into the apaprtment building that I have lived in for the last 7 years (and the last 2 with Tate). Then, shortly after that was finished Tate and I moved out into a rental house and we began construction on OUR apartment. (Finally getting my dream kitchen- it’s AMAZING)

Then, in the middle of all that Carter and Nikky broke up. Nikky initiated it, and Carter was left pretty broken hearted, but you know- he will be fine…. They both will. So in the last month Carter has had to move and buy new furniture (and a 52”inch flat screen TV… classic)…

And so.

It’s only been a year, but fucking hell what a year it’s been. Tate and I finally did make it to Ireland… Which was pretty magical….

It’s just been a doosey.

But we still remain a team- even if our female numbers are dropping- (apparently I’m just gonna have to be enough woman for us all…) we stay close, and it’s the thing that has always gotten us thru, and it always will. Always.

Till next time,
You know we will remain

Team Carter