M.M. Cochran, Author at The Tryon Daily Bulletin

Boats Against the Current - M.M. Cochran

The stars stay the same 

The stars stay the same no matter where you go. They’re consistent. Orion is always there with his bow and his belt and distinctive shoulders ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Friday, January 24, 2025 12:57 pm

Growing Pains - M.M. Cochran

I am the raft

I remember last News Year’s, writing my first column of 2024 in the guest room of a friend’s house where I was staying for the ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Thursday, December 26, 2024 1:51 pm

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Following every sunset

They say stress can kill you. But I think it’s nostalgia that can do it.  The way nostalgia feels––it’s like it has a heartbeat of ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Thursday, December 5, 2024 11:04 am

Growing Pains - M.M. Cochran

Moonlight reflections 

When I was a kid, I used to have annual piano recitals. I absolutely hated them, and each year, I would do anything to avoid ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Friday, November 15, 2024 12:20 pm

Growing Pains - M.M. Cochran

It’ll be an adventure

The last time I felt growing pains, I was graduating from college. My first column series was titled “From College to Real World,” and that ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Friday, October 18, 2024 11:58 am

Columnists

It’ll get better 

It’ll be the helicopters.  It’ll be the helicopters I’ll remember vividly as I recall this strange week one day. I’ll think of the way I ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Thursday, October 3, 2024 8:31 am

Growing Pains - M.M. Cochran

The kayaks will never lose color

On Monday, I went up Melrose Mountain and visited a swimming lake I’d hung out at one summer about ten years ago. It was cold ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Friday, September 20, 2024 11:03 am

Growing Pains - M.M. Cochran

Start trimming up

I’ll start by saying that this column has nothing to do with growing pains like it mistakenly says above my byline––but it does have to ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Wednesday, September 4, 2024 12:09 pm

Growing Pains - M.M. Cochran

Repetition of history

All my memories of running out to grab the newspaper when I was a kid are surrounded by a chilly fog, with the neighborhood glazed ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Wednesday, August 14, 2024 11:20 am

Growing Pains - M.M. Cochran

Chasing deadlines, writing history

I remember the first day I walked into the Tryon Daily Bulletin building. August, 2018. Resume in hand, I opened the door only to be ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Friday, July 26, 2024 12:19 pm

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