Liam Ronan My cure for dryness /it happens to everyone/ is a way of saying Rosary and asking for virtues. From little book dated 1926 "Rosary Novenas to our Lady" I borrowed with some changes a certain way of saying the Rosary. I'll give you a couple of examples:
Visitation, at the end I say "I bind these snow-white roses with a petition for the virtue of Charity and humbly lay this bouquet at Thy /Mary's/ feet."
Agony in the grotto of the Garden of Gethsemane, after 'our Father and Hail Marys' I say: I bind these blood-red roses with a petition for the virtue of Resignation to the Will of God, and humbly lay this bouquet at Thy feet."
One more example - Coronation of our Blessed Mother in Heaven as Its Queen, I say after the prayers "I bind these yellow roses with a petition for the virtue of Union with Thee, and humbly lay this bouquet at Thy feet."
I also ask to bind these roses with my children /and others/ for their health and salvation.
That way, even if I don't put too much feeling into the Rosary, at least I ask for something important - virtues. Of course, I add some other petitions as well, it's not written in stone.
Rogier van der Weyden - Descent from the Cross - Detail women (left, tears):