Harpist, Flutist & Pianist

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Hair Groom Heirloom

 Hair Groom Heirloom


A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy!

Vintage hairdryer abandoned and retrieved from a cornfield in Adrian, Michigan. Discovered and transported in approximately 1995. Now lives atop a doghouse in CT.

© - KJA - 7/25

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Rhapsody for Retired Tractor

 Rhapsody for Retired Tractor


Currently a work in progress.

Expressive and free-flowing instrumental tune composed and performed by Kitty Allen on harp, flutes, melodica, whistles and laptop. Inspired by an agricultural implement permanently released from hard labor.

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Seeking the Beehive Bouffant - Circa 1972

 Seeking the Beehive Bouffant - Circa 1972


A limerick in three hairdos.

Enjoy!




© - KJA - 6/25

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Monday, May 5, 2025

A Metamora Methodist Retreat

A Metamora Methodist Retreat

 Limericks that share a weekend adventure of bygone times.  

Enjoy!

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A History of the Metamora Methodist Church

Metamora became the first legally organized village in Fulton County, Ohio when it was platted and recorded by Hezekiah Culver in 1851. Settlers had manifested interest in starting a Methodist Church as early as 1848. On June 5, 1853, a Sunday School was begun and in the fall of 1854, the first organized worship services were held. A white frame church with a tall steeple was begun on April 5, 1868. It burned in 1894, and a new building was erected in 1895, with a new classroom section added in 1924.



The Metamora Methodist Church erected in 1895.

In 1956 the congregation began a campaign for a new sanctuary.

In September of 1959 a new sanctuary was built. The first services were held in the new sanctuary on July 24, 1960, and the building was consecrated on November 13, 1960 by Bishop Hazen G. Werner.
The Metamora Methodist Church built in 1959.

A sad decline:

Though the church congregation lives on and practices their faith  in a somewhat less traditional religious format, the church building itself suffered contamination by black mold during the early 2000s. The building was not repaired and was abandoned in 2005.

On July 16, 2024, the upper northwestern third of the church's exterior wall collapsed. It landed on a combination of Main Street and a parked car. Subsequently, the local fire department removed the remaining two thirds of the exterior wall. The building is now roped off for safety and security.








The Metamora Methodist Church Building - 2025

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Sunday, April 13, 2025

Blue Bob

 Blue Bob

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A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy!

Inspired by sighting a beautiful and elusive bobcat during a rural Connecticut drive on an early spring afternoon.

Connecticut's Bobcat Population is Flourishing



© - KJA - 4/25

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Hi-Ho, the Derry-O

  Hi-Ho, the Derry-O 



Available on Spotify, Apple Music & in most digital music stores.

Mixed tempo instrumental variations on a traditional children's folk tune. "The Farmer in the Dell" reinterpreted. Arranged and performed by Kitty Allen on pedal harp, flutes, keyboard and laptop.

© - KJA - 3/25

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Ed's Talk Show Radio

  Ed's Talk Show Radio

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A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy!



Ed - the Bearded Collie

Table Top Tube Transmitter

Unaltered Table Top Tube Transmitter

KJA - 3/25

Friday, February 14, 2025

Secret Door to Pelvic Floor

  Secret Door to Pelvic Floor



Available on Spotify, Apple Music & in most digital music stores

A rhythmic gyration to de-snore your core.

Composed & performed by Kitty Allen on pedal harp, flutes, keyboard & laptop.



The unaltered chastity belt.



© - KJA - 2/25

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

The Zealot's Squawk Box

 The Zealot's Squawk Box

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A limerick about an art deco retro radio.



The unaltered version of the art deco retro radio as seen in the Art Deco Museum, Miami Beach, Florida.


© - KJA - 2/25 

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Sunday, January 26, 2025

Can-Can Cumulus

 Can-Can Cumulus

Currently a work in progress.

An uptempo and nontraditional can-can instrumental tune composed & performed by Kitty Allen on flutes, pedal harp, melodica, keyboard & laptop.

The unaltered cumulus cloud.


© - KJA - 1/25

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

A Chassis for Cassie

 A Chassis for Cassie

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A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy!

Another view of the chassis.

On display at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

© - KJA 1/25

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Revenge of an Upside Down House Cat

 Revenge of an Upside Down House Cat

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A limerick & that's all.

Enjoy!

Photo is a quite unflattering self-portrait that illustrates laceration from house cat.

Limerick will be completed upon recuperation from facial cat lashing & improvement in mood.

A more realistic view of the lashing.

© - KJA - 1/25