2021

January

Nancy Pelosi was reelected as speaker of the House on January 3. The United States Capitol was attacked on January 6. Pelosi appeared on an episode of Finding Your Roots on January 12.¹ Donald Trump was impeached on January 13. Joe Biden was inaugurated on January 20. My father, Ralph Lombardi, left me a message on January 25.

Hey Andrew, this is dad. I got this weird call from Harold telling me that he had some information that Nancy Pelosi’s grandfather (maternal grandfather) and maternal great-grandfather were both Lombardis and so I’m supposed to know that means that we’re related to Nancy Pelosi and I suppose there’s some truth in that but I don’t know how much because well there are lots of Lombardis in Italy and uh two generations back is quite a bit but at any rate uh I’m supposed to tell you and I guess it gives you another line of inquiry but probably uh not a very fruitful one. Anyway I got the dog² uh pressing buttons on the phone so I’m gonna let you go, bye bye.

My father died on January 29 in Boulder, Colorado.³ His death was due to coronary artery disease.³

February

The Weeknd performed at the Super Bowl on February 7. Trump was acquitted on February 13.

March

My mother got her first COVID-19 vaccination on March 1. She got her second on March 29.

April

I got my first COVID-19 vaccination on April 17 at Colorado State University. The Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 25.

May

I got my second COVID-19 vaccination on May 15 at CSU.

June

I started an online course on June 14. It was called Tracing Immigrant Origins.

July

Richard Branson went to space on July 11. He was followed by Jeff Bezos on July 20. The 2020 Summer Olympics began on July 23.

August

The 2020 Summer Olympics ended on August 8. There was an earthquake in Haiti on August 14.

September

My father’s celebration of life was on September 11 in Boulder.

October

William Shatner went to space on October 13.

November

I got my genealogy certificate in the mail on November 3. I got my third COVID-19 vaccination on November 16. My mother got her third COVID-19 vaccination on November 18.

December

Our new neighbors had a party on December 19.

1 Gates, "Coming to America."
2 "The dog" was a reference to his white Standard Poodle named Bella.
3 Ralph Joseph Lombardi, death certificate 1052021004143 (2021).