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

Boats Against the Current - M.M. Cochran

The ink on my skin

Suddenly, I was standing in a newspaper office with black ink coating my fingerprints, a gray silk I hadn’t felt on my skin since precisely ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Wednesday, March 19, 2025 2:36 pm

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 could clear their plates. The older gentleman ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Friday, February 28, 2025 11:53 am

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 decision not to write my column––it was ... Read more

by M.M. Cochran, Friday, February 7, 2025 12:33 pm

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

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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

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