Etiket: Libre
[Libre Opinion] When Berri falls, the music dies
The announcement of the closure of the Archambault store on Berri Street shook me up and made me dive back into memories that are so dear to me. I remembered…
[Style libre] Tribute to lice
I never thought to pay homage to the execrable one day. I imagine it’s a form of therapy. Lice are also an infinite discomfort, it is important to talk about…
[Libre opinion] Alcohol and morality, or when history repeats itself
In Canada, the first temperance societies emerged among Protestants in the late 1820s. Their followers preached moderate drinking, ideally abstinence, to combat household impoverishment, moral decay, and violence. marital. Beginning…
[Style libre] Numbers and letters
I spent part of the holiday vacation following everything that was being written about the major paradigm shift for authors following the actions of the Union of Quebec Writers and…
[Style libre] The year my tears became my best friends
Since this is the last column of the year that I am writing, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to revisit my year from the angle of important…
[Style libre] paper houses
And then, like that, suddenly, we found ourselves visiting CEGEPs for our 15-year-old daughter, who wears a size 9 and is now a few millimeters taller than me. Between a…
Félix-Antoine Boutin takes the direction of Espace libre
Less than 24 hours after the appointment of its artistic director Geoffrey Gaquère as head of the Montreal Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, the Espace libre theater announces the hiring of…
[Style libre] A trans woman and other thousands of birds
1. the first tear falling on the carpet of a funeral parlor cements us to the bottom of the river of sadness in an almost definitive way the great tragedy…
[Libre opinion] A word on necessary immigration
Have you noticed the presence of many faces of people from the migration background of the last decades in all aspects of our lives? Have you become aware of the…
[Style libre] Tribute to the first books that mark us as children (even the most bizarre)
There are of course the Tintins, the Martines and the countless Walt Disney books. Many will also spontaneously name the novels of the Comtesse de Ségur, or even, another genre…
[Style libre] Sing again | The duty
– Has it ever happened to you, you, suddenly and over a long period, not being able to listen to music? I’m at my friend Melissa Maya’s, who occupies this…
[Style libre] Tribute to Halloween
When you do divorce papers, everything must be clear to both parties. Some go there in a more generic way, others go over almost all the elements that build a…
[Style libre] A window to the world
Come on, I’ll take you for a ride down my alley. It is only a humble little section, to travel it from north to south lasts the time of a…
[Style libre] (not) take care
I live with a body that hurts, that has failings; a body which does not unfold in the morning, which creaks, which swells, which pulses. I don’t know what it’s…
[Style libre] Tribute to those who erase and start over
I typed “erase and start over” into Google and there’s an article about a fiery hockey game that popped up, followed by stuff from geek to properly delete your data…
UL 2021, Union Libre, Dunham, Quebec
The Vignoble de l’Orpailleur, which is celebrating its 40th birthday, recently acquired the Union Libre vineyard-orchard, from which it produces here a very convincing Seyval-Vidal blend. A hint of carbon…
Riesling 2021 Cattin Libre | The duty
Vegan, sulfur-free and with a few residual sugars that in no way alter the overall balance, that’s what the Cattin family offers here. Business opportunism? Either way, this natural wine…
[Style libre] Oil on the fire
Last week I celebrated my 9e months of sobriety. I didn’t think I was prepared to succeed with the endless drinking opportunities, especially in the summer. It is not something…
[Style libre] Tribute to certainties
Renée Martel’s funeral took place in March and it still haunts me. In this last week of August, in the tranquility of my courtyard where it always smells of summer,…
[Style libre] Heads up
Last spring, I had the privilege of being writer-in-residence in a Montreal elementary school, as part of a program set up by Communication-Jeunesse and A Montreal School for All. From…