Thinking Pink on the First Day of Spring

Last year, on the first day of spring, we watched honey bees foraging on our pink Virginia stock, Malcolmia maritima, blooming in our garden. Spring actually begins tomorrow (March 20), but we're already thinking pink, especially in this world of twists-and-turns reminiscent of trying to navigate--blindfolded and cuffed--San Francisco's Lombard Street with its eight hairpin turns while a BelAZ 75710 with a payload of 450 metric tons tailgates you. Pink softens the world. In color psychology,...