Grub and the Black Mill
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When the wild is forgotten, one boy remembers.
Grub and the Black Mill.
Book 1 of The Black Oak Cycle by Jim Storm.
Grub and the Black Mill.
Book 1 of The Black Oak Cycle by Jim Storm.
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It’s wild how far we’ve drifted. While people starve around the world, others take injections to suppress hunger, then need specially designed foods just to get enough nutrients. Same planet. Very different realities.
It’s wild how far we’ve drifted. While people starve around the world, others take injections to suppress hunger, then need specially designed foods just to get enough nutrients. Same planet. Very different realities.
Marks & Spencer launches ‘nutrient dense’ range for people on weight-loss jabs
New M&S salads, breads, yoghurt bowls and chicken dinners come as more Britons turn to Mounjaro and Wegovy
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December 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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It’s wild how far we’ve drifted. While people starve around the world, others take injections to suppress hunger, then need specially designed foods just to get enough nutrients. Same planet. Very different realities.
It’s wild how far we’ve drifted. While people starve around the world, others take injections to suppress hunger, then need specially designed foods just to get enough nutrients. Same planet. Very different realities.
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Coming soon, my new book; Eat The Planet Well
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Eat the Planet Well: my new book, coming soon.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Coming soon, my new book; Eat The Planet Well
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New "Bugs Matter" survey update seems to show ongoing and rapid insect decline, based on bug splats on cars.
@KentWildlife
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November 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New "Bugs Matter" survey update seems to show ongoing and rapid insect decline, based on bug splats on cars.
@KentWildlife
@KentWildlife
When Grub looked closer, he realised they weren’t carved at all—not scratched or chiselled or marked by hand. They seemed to have grown out of the stone itself. Like the rock had decided what it wanted to say and said it.
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When Grub looked closer, he realised they weren’t carved at all—not scratched or chiselled or marked by hand. They seemed to have grown out of the stone itself. Like the rock had decided what it wanted to say and said it.
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
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🚨 Climate & nature need action now. You can help decision-makers face the facts:
📢 Take 2 mins to ask your MP to attend the National Emergency Briefing at Westminster Central Hall on Nov 27: https://ow.ly/ZmoV50XrMHJ
National Emergency Briefing #NEB2025 #ClimateBriefing #IsYourMPAttending
📢 Take 2 mins to ask your MP to attend the National Emergency Briefing at Westminster Central Hall on Nov 27: https://ow.ly/ZmoV50XrMHJ
National Emergency Briefing #NEB2025 #ClimateBriefing #IsYourMPAttending
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🚨 Climate & nature need action now. You can help decision-makers face the facts:
📢 Take 2 mins to ask your MP to attend the National Emergency Briefing at Westminster Central Hall on Nov 27: https://ow.ly/ZmoV50XrMHJ
National Emergency Briefing #NEB2025 #ClimateBriefing #IsYourMPAttending
📢 Take 2 mins to ask your MP to attend the National Emergency Briefing at Westminster Central Hall on Nov 27: https://ow.ly/ZmoV50XrMHJ
National Emergency Briefing #NEB2025 #ClimateBriefing #IsYourMPAttending
No hedges. No wild edges. No bees. No butterflies. No birds except the occasional confused crow who’d probably gotten lost looking for actual countryside.
It was dead. A desert painted the colour of life.
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers #RootedOnes
It was dead. A desert painted the colour of life.
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers #RootedOnes
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
No hedges. No wild edges. No bees. No butterflies. No birds except the occasional confused crow who’d probably gotten lost looking for actual countryside.
It was dead. A desert painted the colour of life.
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers #RootedOnes
It was dead. A desert painted the colour of life.
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers #RootedOnes
YES! Puffins are thriving again on the Isle of Muck! 🎉 A massive win for conservation and a huge shout-out to everyone involved in the restoration efforts.
#PuffinPower #WildlifeComeback #Scotland #NatureRestoration #GoodNews
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#PuffinPower #WildlifeComeback #Scotland #NatureRestoration #GoodNews
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Puffins: Isle of Muck comeback 'proves restoration works'
Puffins have been seen on the Isle of Muck off Antrim for the first time in at least 25 years
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November 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
YES! Puffins are thriving again on the Isle of Muck! 🎉 A massive win for conservation and a huge shout-out to everyone involved in the restoration efforts.
#PuffinPower #WildlifeComeback #Scotland #NatureRestoration #GoodNews
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#PuffinPower #WildlifeComeback #Scotland #NatureRestoration #GoodNews
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Hundreds of tonnes of plastic and toxic run-off threatening our wildlife and waterways. Beyond irresponsible.
#FlyTipping #EnvironmentalCrime #RiverCherwell #Kidlington #PollutionCrisis #Disgusting #WasteDisaster
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#FlyTipping #EnvironmentalCrime #RiverCherwell #Kidlington #PollutionCrisis #Disgusting #WasteDisaster
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Kidlington fly-tipping: Criminals dump mountain of waste in field
The enormous pile of rubbish is called an
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November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Hundreds of tonnes of plastic and toxic run-off threatening our wildlife and waterways. Beyond irresponsible.
#FlyTipping #EnvironmentalCrime #RiverCherwell #Kidlington #PollutionCrisis #Disgusting #WasteDisaster
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#FlyTipping #EnvironmentalCrime #RiverCherwell #Kidlington #PollutionCrisis #Disgusting #WasteDisaster
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The river had once been a keeper of memory. It sang through the valley with clear purpose, gliding over stones polished smooth by centuries of flow.
Now it forgot itself.
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers #RootedOnes
Now it forgot itself.
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers #RootedOnes
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The river had once been a keeper of memory. It sang through the valley with clear purpose, gliding over stones polished smooth by centuries of flow.
Now it forgot itself.
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers #RootedOnes
Now it forgot itself.
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers #RootedOnes
It was an oak once, but now it stood hollow and blackened, split from storm-strike. No leaf grew. Its bark had flaked to dust. #GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers #RootedOnes
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It was an oak once, but now it stood hollow and blackened, split from storm-strike. No leaf grew. Its bark had flaked to dust. #GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers #RootedOnes
October 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“Leisure facilities bring tourism. Tourism brings money. Money keeps places like Mossburrow alive.”
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers #RootedOnes
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers #RootedOnes
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“Leisure facilities bring tourism. Tourism brings money. Money keeps places like Mossburrow alive.”
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers #RootedOnes
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers #RootedOnes
When the land is forgotten, one boy will remember.
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers
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#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers
#RootedOnesbc
October 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When the land is forgotten, one boy will remember.
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers
#RootedOnesbc
#GrubBook #GrubBumblebee #TheValleyRemembers
#RootedOnesbc