This blog is dedicated to Jean-Baptiste Dufort dit Lacouture (1725-1796) & Marie-Josephte Ranger (1729-1795) and to their descendents. The lives of their grandsons Pierre Elie Dufort and François-Xavier Dufort are given particular emphasis because they settled in the Saginaw Bay region of Michigan and are the forefathers of most of the Dufort/Duford/ Deford's living there Today. Variations of the Dufort surname include Dufore, Duford, DuFord Deford, and DeFord.
I started blogging back in 2008, mainly focusing on family stories and personal history. After a long break, in LEAVINGS I’m picking it up again as I enter my 80s. While I might revisit those old topics, my main interest now is creating photographic art. I focus on small, everyday things—capturing the beauty, fragility, and the unique strangeness that comes with aging and decay.
I share these images simply because I enjoy doing so. For me creating is meditative. At this stage of life I am working on disintegrating ego and disengaging cultural boundaries. It’s about connecting with the ever deepening, expanding, changing nature of existence.