Abstract
In this article, I use an autoethnographic postcard to consider the enduring impact of the weather, especially weather-related disasters, in an age of technology.
Outside, I hear light rain. South Carolina, where I make my home, experienced tragic flooding in October 2015 (Manzo and Chiu 2015). It rained more in just a few days than it has in a long time, and colleges across the state, including the one where I teach, closed for the whole week. I retreated inward, as I often do, to the ideas that have done so much to sustain me. This autoethnographic postcard (Gloviczki 2016a, 2016b) is a tapestry, in my mind Carole King’s album plays full blast. Innovation makes staples of a past life obsolete. Yesterday, my partner Jenny and I wanted to take notes about an idea that we had for an article. We were sitting in our dining room, yellow legal pad on the table, and we couldn’t find a pen. We eventually found one, but technology has rendered items like pen-and-paper optional rather than essential.