Periwinkle bouquet “Everyone I know has been in a terrible mood for weeks,” my California friend Robin remarked in a phone conversation recently. I had been complaining about my own black mood. “That sums up what all my Florida friends are saying lately. Maybe it's because it’s been so damn hot, you know, the dog days of summer. Makes everyone cranky.” My answer didn’t solve my crankiness, which further annoyed me.  I thought long and hard over our conversation. A friend in

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