The Arte de Pico Award

This award has been offered to The Vigil by the very, very talented Stella of Swiftspeech.

Well, thank you very, very much, Stella. I never thought I would eligible for this, because I do not disclose my real name. I also never expected to accept any award from another blogger: their reading and commenting is all I ever have ever hoped for. So much I have learned from my fellow bloggers, on my pages as well as on theirs, that I am the last one who should receive such an award - especially to be considered among the ranks of the Parrothead, Mike - the Mad American, MariaMariaCuchita, and my fellow refugees from Sozadee! We - all of us - are in the shadow of Swiftspeech's prolific quality, 24-7! Because of their company, which I wish to keep, I have no other alternative than to humbly accept this coveted award from the Stellar Stella.

And so I do so - on behalf of my co-writers, Emily, Pekay, and Coleen.