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

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

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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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I’ll be on the porch

Ah, an ocean breeze. The wind in your hair. Toes in the sand. Waves breaking in the distance. The blues of the water and the ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Friday, July 5, 2024 1:10 pm

Growing Pains - M.M. Cochran

Those concrete bleachers

I spent some years of my childhood going to this place. The little elementary school boys would play football while my sister and a handful ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Wednesday, June 19, 2024 11:47 am

Growing Pains - M.M. Cochran

Dawn of the unknown

When I was at the beach a few weekends ago, I saw college graduates walking around in their caps and gowns, followed by a photographer ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Thursday, June 6, 2024 11:59 am

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