VARIA

Somewhere in the Arabian desert…

Join Catherine and Jean-Louis as they follow in the footsteps of the Three Wise Men, en route to the birthplace of little baby Jesus.

Ah! how the snow has snowed!
So here we are, stuck, stalled, stumped…

But that doesn’t stop us from wishing you a merry Christmas
with the hope that the world will finally start
turning round next year.

We aren’t sure if our little cat
understood the concept.
You neither?
No matter…
We wish you plenty of joy
to get through another winter!

Our snowman is in deep water

The hockey game has been called off

Still and all

He chances his arms

To brighten the night’s sky

I was asked to represent the citizen segment of the Maskinongé MRC’s Carbon Neutral Challenge which aims to encourage local actions that tend towards carbon neutrality. I accepted to host a film crew three times during the summer to follow the progress of my efforts to grow and preserve fruits and vegetables.

Good news:
Santa Claus will be making it to the Moon!

Amazon too, but not sure that’s worth mentioning…

One thing’s for sure, the Three Wise Men
won’t not be coming round this year.

Bye bye Montreal! It was our intention to make the move, the pandemic simply speeded things up. Jean-Louis and I have left the big city and are now happy dwellers of a house in the country near Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of Quebec.

Acabris! Acabras! Acabram! May the holiday season be magical and allow yours stories to soar high above the pine tree line to jump from the old year to the new one.  What about the Devil? We’re taking him on board, of course! The cotillion is much livelier when he’s there to warm bodies and souls!  …

Sending homemade Christmas cards has been a tradition in our family since my girls were very little. This year we are celebrating our 20th edition!

It’s decided, I’m closing my Facebook account. And Instagram too (owned by Facebook). At first, I was curious to see if these platforms would help be stay in touch with my friends and promote my photography work. A big NO on both counts. The algorithms keep us caught in a vicious cycle: in order for…

Emma and her Nutcracker for a quick pas de deux on the immaculate frozen lake. ❄   ❄   ❄   ❄   ❄ All this… Arm lifted Leg in the air A smile at minus fifteen Celsius An uncertain mustache. ❄  ❄   ❄   ❄   ❄ All this… To wish you A…

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”, said Pablo Picasso. And as Jean Cocteau wrote: “Frivolity is the best answer to anguish”. A present that soothes the spirit while rejoicing the heart, what better gift to offer for Christmas? All my images are available as archival fine art prints. Professional museum…

As some of you might already know, I regularly collaborate with my husband, Jean-Louis Boudou, on the production of video reportages for Second Regard, a CBC French network television show dedicated to spiritual & philosophical matters. Our last story ask the question: what is laughter and why do we laugh? Answers with humorists André Sauvé,…

(THIS POST IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ONLY IN FRENCH) À peine quelques minutes après la publication de mon billet « Des huards pour les arts » au sujet de la manifestation qui s’est tenue aujourd’hui à Montréal pour dénoncer le sous-financement de l’État pour les arts et lettres au Québec, voilà que je tombe sur un article sur le site…