I work with multiple Mac computers and need catalog help

NEW TO Lightroom
Can I create a folder on my desktop that containg the original files and a "new catalog" for each "shoot"
I'm hoping to create a workflow where the folder would contain everthing needed to access and edit/develop images at any time. After I finished a shoot the folder would contain a the original images, the catalog with previews and develop setting and any exports. I would then move that folder to an external hard drive and note on an Excel (Numbers) spread sheet where it is.
Now in the future I could find the drive, connect it any computer and begin working on an image since everything is there.
If the answer is yes is it as simple as "creating" a new catalog via file/new catalog in the folder I just created for the client?
Tks fot the answers.

Can I create a folder on my desktop that containg the original files and a "new catalog" for each "shoot"
Yes, even if you don't put the double-quotes on those words
Now in the future I could find the drive, connect it any computer and begin working on an image since everything is there.
Assuming that the computer has Lightroom installed, then this would work. You might need to reconnect the photos inside of Lightroom.
If the answer is yes is it as simple as "creating" a new catalog via file/new catalog in the folder I just created for the client?
Yes

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