# The Courtyard at the Radio & Records Café

A space for stories, reflections, and the work behind the scenes—drawn from creativity, resilience, and a life in radio.

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## [Growth Is Exciting. Growth Is Also Distracting.](https://kellyorchard.substack.com/p/growth-is-exciting-growth-is-also)

_2026-08-19 · Kelly Orchard_

Apple A Day Summer is about tending what grows, pruning what no longer belongs, and giving yourself room to keep going.

## [Starting Again Without Starting From Scratch](https://kellyorchard.substack.com/p/starting-again-without-starting-from)

_2026-08-12 · Kelly Orchard_

Spring is not a clean slate. It is planting from the soil you actually have.

## [Returning to the Orchard](https://kellyorchard.substack.com/p/returning-to-the-orchard)

_2026-08-05 · Kelly Orchard_

Apple A Day began twelve years ago in a composition notebook. This year, I’m tending it again.

## [The Long Road to Here](https://kellyorchard.substack.com/p/the-long-road-to-here)

_2026-07-29 · Kelly Orchard_

In the middle of heart failure, those words felt personal. As though my brother was reaching across time to remind me...

## [The Draft Is Done. Now the Real Work Begins.](https://kellyorchard.substack.com/p/the-draft-is-done-now-the-real-work)

_2026-07-22 · Kelly Orchard_

It all started with a question: What Would You Do With The Cafe'?

## [Dreams Don’t Expire](https://kellyorchard.substack.com/p/dreams-dont-expire)

_2026-07-15 · Kelly Orchard_

Heart Lessons came from my experience with heart failure, recovery, grief, faith, surrender, and the life change that eventually led me into the mental health field.

## [The Journals Hadn’t Changed. I Had.](https://kellyorchard.substack.com/p/the-journals-hadnt-changed-i-had)

_2026-07-08 · Kelly Orchard_

Twenty years ago this month, my heart failed.

## [Summer of 1976](https://kellyorchard.substack.com/p/summer-of-1976)

_2026-07-01 · Kelly Orchard_

America turns 250 this year.

## [Writing My Way Back to 1975](https://kellyorchard.substack.com/p/writing-my-way-back-to-1975)

_2026-06-24 · Kelly Orchard_

One of the unexpected joys of writing fiction is discovering where a story comes from.

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_2026-06-24 · **Sponsored**_

Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along

## [The Summer Radio Found Pepper](https://kellyorchard.substack.com/p/the-summer-radio-found-pepper)

_2026-06-17 · Kelly Orchard_

People ask me all the time how I got into radio. Not everyone arrives in radio the same way.