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Erin Griggs

@wordslingeuse

Too old to be clever in bios or patient with abject willful hateful stupidity. She/her. Kansas. Former English prof & medievalist, current empty-nester housefrau.

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two men are talking and one of them says " i do not think it means what you think it means .. " Alt: two men are talking and one of them says " i do not think it means what you think it means .. "
14.03.2026 11:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I spent 3 decades fighting my chronic insomnia, and came out the other side rocking sunrises like my great-grandma.

Now I have to go to the cougar dance parties that start at 6pm and end at 10 if I ever wanna go dancing. 🀣

14.03.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aren't y'all in the admin skitterin' like lil' rats to stay on military bases, cause y'all so skeered of your own citizenry?!

13.03.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*all

13.03.2026 12:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When I hit 55, I think I'll finally go get my English doctorate for cheap, just so when I go to ask my geriatric appointments I can be all "Dr. Griggs, retired," and then maybe rando med doctors might believe me when I speak.

When they ask me what I practiced, I can honestly say I was in research.

13.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's always a downgrade from my own meat computer in my head.

Funny, that.

13.03.2026 11:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"My fridge was made in the 90s. Go crazy tryin'."

13.03.2026 11:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Florence Welch saying β€œmedieval, vampire, witchcraft”

Florence Welch saying β€œmedieval, vampire, witchcraft”

me and my special interests

12.03.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 726 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 8

We had to order iced coffee, no ice, the night before on this recent vaca, put it in the mini fridge, just to *survive* til the hotel resto opened at 7 a.m.🀣🀣🀣

(I slept past 7 a.m. ONCE. πŸ™„πŸ˜„ Woke up, ordered a carafe to our lil patio! Magical.)

12.03.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Me over here wondering if it was an ancient hookah, or like, Hippie Grandad's OG Graffix 4-footer.

12.03.2026 12:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I will look! I've been on a search -- it was a soft, natural cinnamon scent, not a candy cinnamon.

It was PERFECT. DAMN YOU, BOULANGERIE!

12.03.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What brand?

My fave cinnamon vanilla candles from Anthropologie got discontinued this year, and Im legit pissed. I bought 4 every Thanksgiving for the hols, can't find a decent dupe. Too fake-y a cinnamon.

12.03.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, all!

On the bright side, my future travel anxiety is kinda cured? Like, 8 days in a foreign country with my dominant hand busted? No meds, no panic attacks or Au meltdowns?

After that, even my bucket list trip to Greece dream feels like cake🀣

12.03.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That would be the last time I caught an ep of 911, babe.

12.03.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Actual diagnosed psychopaths are sideeying this guy

11.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A white woman with red hair & glasses holds up a wrist with a blue velcro splinter on it.

A white woman with red hair & glasses holds up a wrist with a blue velcro splinter on it.

Well, my wrist is not broken, but I have an appt with a hand surgeon Monday, cause it *is* fucked up.

11.03.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is saying that he can do this all day . Alt: Pre-Super Serum Captain America saying that he can do this all day .

Ha, right?

11.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Heh, yeah, like, baby, I switched my *Rxes.*

No going back after that for a middle-aged woman.

11.03.2026 18:34 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wait, WHAT? DEPECHE MODE?!

10.03.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman walking down a street in front of an ambulance that says emergency on the side Alt: a woman walking down a street in front of an ambulance that says emergency on the side chanting Megan Thee Stallion's "Savage" lyrics as an autistic stim

Lol tbh this was my panic-disorder ass the first 48 hrs after break:

10.03.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I peeped at the xrays. To my uneducated eye, it doesn't look bad.

10.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman is wearing a crown on her head Alt: Rihanna placing a crown on her head

The 1st time, I broke BOTH BOTH arms and crawled outta a muddy ditch on elbows & knees, age 9.

Age 39 I broke my left, and drove 70 miles home b4 the dr called "BTW, go to an ortho, it's waayy broken."

And now, age 53, 8 days in a foreign country with a busted wing.

10.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, I jackleg-doctored myself for the last 10 days -- what's a lil' more?!

10.03.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I was a good girl at the doctor's office and getting xrays πŸ˜† so my chauffeur Dan stopped off at the fancy ice cream place on the way back and got me a coffee shake.

Awaiting x-ray results nicely sugared up!

10.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's my 3rd time to Negril. It's my happy place. So stunning & relaxing.

I go to my dr today. It's not a bad break; I've broken my wrists a few times. I'm guessing 2 teeny fractures in wrist and thumb, ligament damage.

But I didn't have a panic attack or use my anti-anxiety meds, so I'm smug AF!

10.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We stayed in Negril (Rockhouse Hotel on cliffs for eclipse, then Skylark at the beach for 5 days!)

I broke my arm on the way to Ja! 🀣 Still had a great time!

10.03.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

FULL MOON eclipse. In Virgo. Over the waving ocean moon tides. (We are both Virgos.)

EPIC AF

10.03.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ali!!! My bff and I saw the red lunar eclipse last week over the ocean in Jamaica! It was INSANE.

My phone cam pics are trash, of course, but we woke up early and experienced the whole magical thing!

10.03.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Bible*

09.03.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Being equally obsessed with Edith Hamilton's Mythology and the Bibke, as I was moving from my Children's Bible to the O.G. Bible around 9 years old.

I was like "It do be like the gods are all fuckers, yo!"

And I was right.

09.03.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0