{"id":1139,"date":"2025-04-07T22:09:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T22:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irassimmonds.clients-demo-website.com\/?page_id=1139"},"modified":"2025-04-12T00:48:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T00:48:01","slug":"the-orchard-selected-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irassimmonds.clients-demo-website.com\/index.php\/the-orchard-selected-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ORCHARD: Selected Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Orchard is a captivating collection of short stories by Ira Summer Simmonds, celebrated author of From Siberia to St. Kitts: A Teacher\u2019s Journey. With wit, warmth, and insight, Simmonds invites readers into a world where everyday moments become extraordinary. Set against the backdrop of Caribbean life and flavored with international flair, these stories touch on universal experiences\u2014family, aging, love, mischief, and memory.<\/p>

From humorous tales of a foul-mouthed schoolboy, a determined dog who earns his sea legs, and banana-loving monkeys wreaking havoc in a peaceful orchard, to deeply personal reflections on caring for aging parents or coping with Alzheimer\u2019s, each story stands alone yet contributes to a broader narrative about connection and resilience. Simmonds also pays tribute to the natural world with anecdotes rooted in birdwatching and the quiet magic of island living.<\/p>

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The Orchard: Selected Stories From The Caribbean To The Soul\u2014Stories That Linger The Orchard is a captivating collection of short stories by Ira Summer Simmonds, celebrated author of From Siberia to St. Kitts: A Teacher\u2019s Journey. With wit, warmth, and insight, Simmonds invites readers into a world where everyday moments become extraordinary. Set against the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irassimmonds.clients-demo-website.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irassimmonds.clients-demo-website.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irassimmonds.clients-demo-website.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irassimmonds.clients-demo-website.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irassimmonds.clients-demo-website.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":70,"href":"https:\/\/irassimmonds.clients-demo-website.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1709,"href":"https:\/\/irassimmonds.clients-demo-website.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139\/revisions\/1709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irassimmonds.clients-demo-website.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}