On my  birthday I gourmandized big time! My sister, ...

                 H  A  P  P  Y    M  ...

Our Orange County, California coast has two weather-related phenomena: Phenomenon #1: May Gray, (our world-famous ...

             MAYDAY!   MAYDAY!   MAYDAY!  

Spring is the time for LOVE! Weddings often wait until June, but for older people, (sorry, Ruth & Bob!) they ...

On Monday of this past week, Debbie and I attended a “Heritage Luncheon”, where credentialed ministers who had passed away ...

This must be EASTER! The first Sunday (April 8^th), after the first ...

Would you believe it? Mildred had the nerve last week to brag about their eighty degree weather, while we ...

Is it Spring, or Summer? We, in California, (the land of no weather, according to Mildred,) have no idea what ...

H A P P Y   S T.  P A T R I C  K ‘ ...

Today, March 10^th, marks one month since Florence passed away. There have been a lot of changes in that one ...

Before we could figure out what “the new normalcy” I mentioned really is, we had to make a lot ...

Florence Tracy ...

IN MEMORY OF FLORENCE

On Friday, Feb. 10 at 9:15, Florence passed away after ...

I would brag about our tree blossoms, but we have heard that trees in other parts of the country ...

I would brag about our tree blossoms, but we have heard that trees in other parts of the country ...

This week I’ve been corresponding with John McCarthy regarding renewal of our website, (blog.) I was reminded of some earlier conversation I had with him. ...

In a card from Chester & Dorothy Amann, she mentioned that their son, Dan Amann (age 57) had surgery to reattach a biceps muscle. ...

Florence is still in need of prayer. She has been in the hospital for three or four weeks with a urinary tract infection and has not been able to walk for that long. She will most likely come home the  next week, but will need a lot of help. Not only does Florence need prayer, but Debbie, Dean & I will need your prayers as we do a lot of the care giving, etc., etc., etc. IHowever, Florence is still not able to take phone calls.)

Birthdays & anniversaries:

January 15^th. Tammy (Kobish) Rice’s birthday, (daughter of Mary [Jones] & Ron Kobish, granddaughter of Elizabeth [Tyler] & Bud Jones.)

16^th, 6^th birthday of Shannon Naomi Tyler, (daughter of Michael L. & Jennifer Tyler, granddaughter of Buford Tyler, Jr., “Tim” & Trish, great granddaughter of Buford Tyler, Sr., & Naomi.) -###-birthday of John Kermode, Sr., son of Zenith [Tyler] & Jim Kermode.)-###-birthday of Erica Tyler, (wife of Mark Hall, daughter-in-law of Jerry & Alaine Hall, granddaughter-in-law of Elizabeth [Tyler/Hall] Jones.)-###-3^rd birthday of John Jones, II, (son of Beverly [Kermode] & John Jones, grandson of Jim, Jr., & Pat Kermode, great grandson of Zenith & Jim Kermode, Sr.)

18^th, birthday of Mildred (Tyler), (wife of John Grant.—not quite as old as her octogenarian husband!)

Birthday glamour girl, Mildred [Tyler/Ritondale] Grant, 2011 Facebook picture—Don’t you just love these close-ups!

It looks like we don’t have very many birthdays, after the big number last week.

This is that “LAST GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST,” to quote a Scripture totally out of context. Does anyone ...

IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS, EVERY WHERE I GO!

Many ...

On Pearl Harbor day, FDR said that Dec 7^th would go down in infamy, ...

Is Southern California going to get blown away? You have undoubtedly heard of this week’s “wind-event,”  with some wind ...

Now that all the dinner preparations—overeating--and Black Friday are over are and Christmas trees are on the lots, we are ...

Word has reached us that Mike Tyler’s condition is very serious—Warren & Gerry’s son. Please remember ...

H A P P Y   A R M I S T I C E / V E T E ...

An email from Wendy (Kobish) Cosgrove said, “RJ Kobish (16 yrs old), Ron J. Kobish's son & grandson ...

Since my eyesight is getting worse, here is a mis-quote from ...

Did I read somewhere that Ron & Mary Lucas were leaving Sicily, on their way to Spain? WOW!

Indian Summer greetings!

I was reminded that Megan Hall’s birthday is not October ...

The L.A. & Costa Mesa area had their  first significant rain of the season! It was over an inch, setting ...

How did it get to be October already? But then, if time flies fast for some of us, it must ...

Let’s continue to remember Mike Tyler in prayer. His gallbladder and liver problems are very serious. His wife, Bonnie, his ...

From an item on Facebook, Bonnie Tyler said, “Mike is ill, and has been for some time!  He has biopsy ...

Southern California really had some wild weather today! When I was out walking this morning, I saw a bright light, ...

Mary Lucas reported that after Ron’s bladder cancer scare that one of the heart bypasses he had put in in ...

Word has reached us that Chester & Dorothy moved to Canton, Mi,  & Carl & Marilyn have relocated to ...

Never let it be said that I am perfect!  Last week, as Annette Robichaud reported, I started to list  an ...

Brenda, Olivia, Rachel & Amelia were in Phoenix and took  “SHORTCUT” Via Costa Mesa, on their way to Pueblo, CO. Go figure!

Here we are back again—2011 is behind us, and we are already looking forward to 2013, with William James Kermode, Jr. and ...

Dear family,

Last week I said I probably wouldn’t send a letter this week, but ...

This is it!!!  This is my last Newsletter before ...

Whatever happened to Naomi Tyler? We used to see her come breezing into our reunions with Robin or Allen, but she passed ...

Reunion, reunion, reunion!It is less than a month until the reunion. Will we see you there? ...

“Is that old man losing it? He had father’s Day a week early!” Annette Robichaud wondered if it was really different in ...

H  A  P  P   Y    F  A  T  H  E  R  S    D  A  Y

Just to let you feel sorry for us about our weather here. Now that it is June, we have a weather phenomenon ...

Tornadoes in California?Yes, they are rare and mild. On Wednesday, one touched down in a field near ...

JUST TWO MONTHS UNTIL THE 2011 TYLER/LUCAS REUNION (That makes 34 years, and counting!

This week, Willow (Tracy) Meyer—our granddaughter--has completed a significant milestone in her life! She is being hooded for her PhD in law, ...

H  A  P  P  Y     M  O  T  H ...

Last week I asked if anyone remembered the well-decorated tent that Marvin & Sharon had at the first Tyler reunion. Mildred responded, ...

As I predicted, I did have feedback from Mildred about my mention of matriarchs! “Yes, We don't need to go on and ...

An email from Mary Lucas, regarding her husband, Ron, said, “After a CAT scan, and scope of the bladder we could see ...

Please excuse the wrong date on Monday’s announcement of the passing of 100-year-old Aunt Bennie. That mistake is throwing today’s letter a ...

Happy first/second of April! It looks like Old Man Winter, (Mother Nature,)  pulled an April Fool’s prank in part of the country. ...

For a while it looked like my computer would not allow me to send my letter this week! It is great having ...

H a p p y   f i r s t   d a y   o f   S p r i n g

Many of you are aware that a family member named Jordan was married this past weekend. Dan Tracy has a son named ...

Teri Blackard reminded me that I had omitted her and Paul’s wedding anniversary. Paul J. Blackard is the ...

In an email from Grandpa Dan Tracy, he included this picture of big sister, Hadyn, with the new twins:

It’s red-face time again! Last week I mentioned Krystal [Kermode’s] husband, Chase Rall and Pat & Darrel’s new grandson-in-law, Chance Spellman—typos ...

Do you believe in coincidences? I already had a preliminary copy of this letter written (with the picture of Krystal (Kermode) and ...

A hundred years ago, (actually, slightly over 60 years,) Florence and I lived in Springfield, MO, for four years when we were ...

Birthdays & anniversaries:

January 30^th,  Joshua Johnston’s 24^th birthday, (son of ...

Four girls named “TRACY”:When Dean’s girls were here ...

The other day, Debbie came to me, saying that she had seen on Mildred’s Facebook page, “John McCarthy, rest in peace.” I ...

Our weather men & women keep telling us that California is responsible for a lot of the bad weather some of you ...

HAPPY New year, everyone

Today’s date is interesting—1-1-11!

Hopefully, my ...

Merry Christmas to all the Tyler/Lucas family, including in-laws, like me!

WHAT HAPPENED ...

Update on birthdays:  Mark Hall’s wife, Erica, wrote to inform me that her birthday is not the same day as Matt & ...

This Newsletter is going to be brief, because we have heard no news from you that we can pass on to the ...

It has been rumored that there was another wedding in the Warren Tyler Clan! The first was Elaine & Bob’s son, Lance, ...

As the week has progressed since Florence came home from the hospital, she is gradually regaining her strength. On recommendation from her ...

After five days in the hospital, Florence came home on Wednesday evening. The doctors determined that she did have a couple of ...

Once again, Florence went to the hospital today. I waited until I had some news before sending this letter. The best I ...

Happy Halloween/All-saint’s Day. I still wonder why the world puts so much emphasis on Halloween (& Mardi
Gras) living ...

We have no special news this week, except say that I said that our oldest great grandson was thirteen, but was corrected ...

In an email, from Carl Amann, he said, that his “prostate biopsy did prove to be malignant in 3 out of 12 ...

Oops time! Last week I reported, (without permission,) that ...

Mildred, and some others wrote to give us a report on Carl Amann—younger brother of Chester! “

Happy Autumnal Equinox! “Equi” suggests that daylight & dark are about equal.

 In last week’s letter, ...

In last week’s letter I included a picture of Dean & Alicyn Amann’s family—without Dean. (Son of Carl, grandson,

Birthdays & anniversaries:

Debbie (Kermode) Nallie reminded me that I had forgotten her husband, Tommy’s ...

On our anniversary, we went to the Red Lobster with Debbie & Dean. We had greetings from Dale & Dan—actually, Ginny, but ...

After several days home from the hospital, I am getting back into the usual routine of retired life, but still taking those ...

What happened that my letter is so late? Well, it’s a long story! Florence’s walker has a seat on it, and when ...

This must be the time for weddings. Pat Williams said, “ On the 18th of August we will be leaving for our ...

An email from Debbie Jean [Kermode] Nallie informed us of the death of Betty [Kermode] & Pete Underwood’s son-in-law Jimmy Burns of ...