Letter From America - September 2001
"Last Monday I woke up and as usual on Monday mornings I began to ponder what I might talk about this time.
I was, you might say, out of touch with what they now call "the real world" after two weeks' absorption in the fantasy world of the United States Open Tennis Championships.
But first, as the anchormen say, the weather. I like to know if it's cool enough for me to venture around the block.
So first then I turned on the weather channel and within 10 seconds I knew, all too well, what this talk would be about."
Yep, Cooke knew precisely what he was going to talk about: Hurricane Erin...
That was Monday.
See what he did talk about in the days following 9/11 here.
And if, like me, you think that Cooke's Letters were always better heard than read, click here.
I was, you might say, out of touch with what they now call "the real world" after two weeks' absorption in the fantasy world of the United States Open Tennis Championships.
But first, as the anchormen say, the weather. I like to know if it's cool enough for me to venture around the block.
So first then I turned on the weather channel and within 10 seconds I knew, all too well, what this talk would be about."
Yep, Cooke knew precisely what he was going to talk about: Hurricane Erin...
That was Monday.
See what he did talk about in the days following 9/11 here.
And if, like me, you think that Cooke's Letters were always better heard than read, click here.