Fading...

Fading tulip beauty, for Flower Friday (thanks to BikerBear, as always).

Otherwise, reflecting on these past months of turmoil and increasing authoritarianism in the US, I've been wanting to post some music links. Some reminders of all that there is about the US that is not Trump.

Here's one for starters, from Randy Newman. Released in 2008 but as bitterly funny and prescient as ever.

'The end of an empire, it's messy at best.
This empire is ending, like all the rest...'

A few words in defense of our country