Author: M.M. Cochran | The Tryon Daily Bulletin

Boats Against the Current - M.M. Cochran

All that glitters is rose gold

When I graduated from college, back when I started this column at the Bulletin, I was noting all ... Read more

Boats Against the Current - M.M. Cochran

The bird flew

I guess you could say I’ve been a little wordless lately, even though there are a lot of ... Read more

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The ink on my skin

Suddenly, I was standing in a newspaper office with black ink coating my fingerprints, a gray silk I ... Read more

Boats Against the Current - M.M. Cochran

Coastline in the distance

Yesterday, as one of my tables was about to get up to leave, I approached them so I ... Read more

Boats Against the Current - M.M. Cochran

Dear lovely couple, thank you

I wasn’t going to write my column this week. Sometime on Monday or Tuesday, I’d made the conscious ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more