Dr Michelle Deininger 🌈

@drdeininger.bsky.social

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Interim Director of Lifelong Learning at Cardiff University | Writes on Lit, Environment & Apocalypse; YA; short fiction; Wales; class | 1st gen HE | 🌈 she/her | sweary https://www.walesartsreview.org/redux-working-class-voices-michelle-deininger/

A full screen of email notifications from Suffolk with the same ticket ID.
Snip from an email. "Why the fuck tell everyone on the list, we all fucking know" From: External examiners discussion forum <EXTERNAL-EXAMINERS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Leaflet rack with an assortment of local info. Includes the Cardiff University lifelong learning prospectus.
Pile of certificates to be signed. Text on them says "Dr Michelle Deininger, Interim Director of Lifelong Learning" plus the Welsh translation. Star Wars pen lying on top of the pile.
Those at the helm - 1949-2008 Οver the past sixty years the Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning, as it is now called, has been extremely fortunate, not only in its recruitment of enthusiastic and committed teaching and support staff, but also in having a succession of directors dedicated to the cause of open access adult education and who have worked hard to establish, expand and promote Cardiff University's community engagement undertaking both regionally and indeed nationally.
A photo of my Western Mail article called "Opening Doors and Breaking Down Barriers", which is a shorter version of a piece I wrote for Woman's Wales (Parthian Press). The picture is too small to see the detail of the text.
A plug that is switched off at the wall.
An Anker speaker with an added "W" at the beginning to spell wanker. Next to a book called "I never knew that about Wales".
Text says: Learn to say no to requests that are unreasonable, rather than suffer regret and stress.
Filthy staircase carpet in white and grey stripes. Mostly brown due to dirt.
Bichon dog wearing a coat, looking baleful.
Coffee machine brewing a cup of hot water.
Pumpkin with malicious looking face and a glass of prosecco in the foreground.
Skirt order, 31", from Damart for fifteen quid. Has the discount code "October: Daily Mail Weekend STD".
Me in purple glasses clutching a 50th birthday mug.
Sunrise over a wide road with a footpath in the foreground. Streetlights still on. Sky is pinky-orange.
Opening doors and breaking down barriers article in the Western Mail newspaper.
Take away coffee cup on train with very flat weird lid.
Inside a train, showing closely packed feet and a bin.
Espresso martini on Xmas tablecloth. Pic in black and white. Martini glass, two thirds full.
Me, in a red and black chevron pattern sequin dress stood in an old University corridor.
The edge of the world bookshop in Penzance.
View of the rocky coast line from the coastal path by Penzance Station. Sun is shining. Sea is fairly calm.
View of platform at London Paddington. Purple network rail truck on platform and train in background. Guy riding his suitcase out of focus in background.
Black and white pic of dead roses in a vase.
Shot of penarth pier taken from the beach. Water calm, sun shining through clouds.
Frying pan stacked on a bowl. Red wine in background. Looks chaotic.
Newport rail station from the train window. It's still raining. The over-track metal girders from electrification look quite disturbing, hence the skynet comment.
Filton Abbey Wood Station in the rain (taken through the train window). Looks miserable.
Rolling waves. Sunshine. Pic taken while paddling in the sea.
Screenshot of My Possivle Self app. Has "crisis" button shown. I've drawn an arrow and a face with hearts on it. Then there's a quote from groucho marx that says, "blessed are the cracked for they shall let in the light." I have drawn screaming face emojis next to it.
Drinks mat. Winnie the Pooh style. "What day is it? asked Pooh. "It's Monday!" replied Piglet. "Fuck!" said Pooh.
Cup of chamomile tea, a small glass of red wine and a tray of olives and cheeses (from tesco).
An actual cat cafe (this is the place's name, too) - there are all sorts of cat paraphernalia (scratching posts) and high stools.
A large crack in the pavement with a single plaster on it.
Cardiff Castle shot from within the grounds.
Man hole cover with hole in it. Goes down deep.
Pair of glasses with a broken frame and a lens fallen out, on a grey fluffy blanket.
Glass of pink fizzy wine on a grey bistro table with plants in the background. In the garden.
Textbook for Open University module "global challenges: social sciences in action 1"
Raspberry jam pastry in a paper bag on a bistro table - Marco's Barry Island.
Brand new Transport for Wales train. High backed grey seats with a light wood finish table for four.
Brutalist style car park, with NCP logo. Westgate St, Cardiff.
View of garden, with grass in forground and then fence with large trees behind, morning sunlight dappling through the branches.
"Most wanted" brand of pink fizz pinot grigio can held up against a wall, in my hand.
Table with cushioned chairs. Coffee machine on table. Crap piled behind chairs. Various snacks on show.
Vodka shot on grey patio table with garden lawn in background. Plus a big football goal.