Alchemy: Word by Word

What bagging groceries taught me about forgiveness

Ancestral wounds run deep

Feb 17 • Shauna Rae

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January 2026

The goddesses whose rage still lives in our bones

Since the pandemic, the more I’ve learned about misogyny, patriarchy, colonization, capitalism and white supremacy, the more I cannot unsee it.

Jan 23 • Shauna Rae

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Feeling when you never learned how

And other stories

Jan 19 • Shauna Rae

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Boiling Beets

Letting the skin of 2025 fall away

Jan 12 • Shauna Rae

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What would you have me know about longing?

Elizabeth Gilbert asked this question on her Substack

Jan 1 • Shauna Rae

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December 2025

My cousin Pat died

Now all the females on that side, are on the other side

Dec 15, 2025 • Shauna Rae

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September 2025

A rowboat and a lantern in the night

The Freedom Fleet

Sep 22, 2025 • Shauna Rae

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August 2025

SLOWDOWN

An overflowing pail eventually leaks

Aug 18, 2025 • Shauna Rae

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The Hockey Canada trial

The rage isn't about consent

Aug 5, 2025 • Shauna Rae

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July 2025

The Beavers and the Snake

Messages from animal elders

Jul 16, 2025 • Shauna Rae

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June 2025

After the Brokenness

A poetic metaphor for family trauma

Jun 20, 2025 • Shauna Rae

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Today

A poem about discovery

Jun 11, 2025 • Shauna Rae

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