Green Mountain Meandering Missives

Updated (view update below): Read the official obituary for former, longtime, Washington County state Senator William "Bill" Doyle (via Guare and Sons funeral home), here . Photos (taken of the back as well as front covers of a hard copy of Bill Doyle's book, The Vermont Political Tradition ; trade back version; revised edition: 2009): View the WCAX -- Channel 3 TV -- News report: Read the Vermont Public  news report, here . Update: Read an article published via vtdigger , here . Read an article, here and an editorial, here via the Times Argus . Read Governor Phil Scott's statement on the passing of Senator Bill Doyle, here .

Update: Please view a related note of mine at the bottom of this post. Although not necessarily contemplating death or consciously attempting to be morbid, ... :  If and when my body eventually dies at some point and my spirit should depart this Earth for the heavens or wherever else one's spirit goes upon their physical death, instructions of mine included within my Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (DPOA/HC) states that there not be an obituary authorized or published.  However, should there still be an obituary authored and published, notwithstanding my stated instructions concerning the same, I would prefer it read something along the lines of being more of an epitaph, for the most part, than be the usual obituary (after listing my name as well as date of birth and death, etc.), as follows: He was born, he died.  In between, he lived life on his own terms, as best he could.  Therefore, while he would have liked to have done much more, particularly on...