Wow! Thanks Cathy! Cathy C. Hall has aimed the Premio Dardos at me, and I must say I’m happily surprised. It’s the first award for this blog, so it will stand alone in that honor in perpetuity.

I have to tell you that Cathy has a terrific blog. It’s a well done, tasteful site about the writing life. She is connected to other writers and shares insights and anecdotes about writing. It’s good to stay connected this way, since writers tend to be isolated for long periods of time. Thanks, Cathy, for the blog award.

About the Award

“Premio Dardos” means “prize darts” in Italian, and the award is given in recognition of cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writing.

The Rules of the Premio Dardos

1. Accept the award by posting it on your blog along with the name of the person that has granted the award and a link to his/her blog.
2. Pass the award along to blogs you find worthy of this acknowledgment. Remember to contact each of them to let them know they have been selected for this award.

Now, on to the blogs I’ve chosen to honor with the Premio Dardos Award.

The Happiness Project

Gretchen Rubin blogs about her mission to find the best ways to bring happiness into one’s life. Her insightful discoveries and suggestions have buoyed me up many days this past year. She’s also writing a book about her adventures in this process.

The Urban Muse

Susan Johnston has received other awards for her blog, including being named one of the top ten blogs for 2008-2009 by Writing White Papers. She talks about a wide variety of things interesting to writers, the joys, issues, concerns, and thrills that we all want to share, but that non-writerly people don’t understand.

Congratulations to them both. I can’t wait to see where they aim the Premio Dardos!