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Well, it's warming up, 27º and by noon we should have temperatures in the 40s—47º warmer than yesterday morning's -7º. It's 7:40, and I've been up for an hour, Evie for 15 minutes. We're both busy this morning: Evie with school, me with yoga. I want to get back on track and make it to yoga at least twice a week, with hikes on the other days.

Monday Morning Sky

Monday was a wasted day for me, but a productive one for Evie. My morning followed the usual routine—reading, blog, and breakfast, all done by 9:00. Because of the frigid single-digit temperatures, I stayed inside and wallowed in self-pity. I read my book Stay, and something interesting happened. The main character, Aud, lives alone in the woods—a rugged individualist rebuilding his grandfather's cabin piece by piece, even hand-splitting shingles with an ax. He's been living in solitude since the shooting death of his love, Julie. In the aftermath, he killed the shooter but blames himself for her death. A former Atlanta police officer, he rescues a friend's girlfriend from a sexual predator in New York City at the friend's request. Later, he returns and beats the predator to a pulp, destroying all the sex videos. Halfway through the book, I had a startling realization: He is a She. How did I miss that? Bizarre.

Around 10:30, Evie took a break from laundry to give me a much-needed haircut. I showered, then had lunch—leftover potatoes and ham. I left for Jamestown at 1:00 for an appointment with my gastroenterologist's PA. We discussed various diets to alleviate my stomach pain, and she gave me a handout on the Low-FODMAP Diet, which I will not follow, of course. On the way home, I stopped at Michael's to return my air inflator to Amazon, then swung by Evans for some Blackbox wine.

I was home by 3:00, read for a while, then fell asleep on the couch until wine time at 5:00. At 6:00, Evie air-fried a couple of walleye filets, heated up the leftover potatoes, and made a salad—we had a great dinner. We watched the last two episodes of Hostage on Netflix and would give it a B-. I then watched the first half of the Kansas/Arizona game, but went to bed and missed the second half. Kansas ended up upsetting Arizona, the number one team in the nation.

Below is a clear, factual list of the publicly reported accusations of sexual assault or serious sexual misconduct against Donald Trump made by women (many of which he has denied). Some have been part of lawsuits or civil findings; others are individual allegations from news outlets or public statements. These are drawn from widely cited reporting and legal records.

🎯 Allegations of Sexual Assault / Serious Misconduct

1. E. Jean Carroll
   — Alleged Trump sexually assaulted (including rape) her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s. A civil jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation, awarding damages.

2. Jessica Leeds
   — Alleged in the 1970s on a flight Trump grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt without consent.

3. Kristin Anderson
   — Alleged that in the early 1990s Trump groped her vagina through her underwear at a Manhattan nightclub.

4. Jill Harth
   — In the early 1990s alleged Trump forcibly kissed her, groped her breasts, and grabbed her genitals; she described this as attempted rape in a civil complaint.

5. Stacey Williams
   — Said in 1993 Trump groped her breasts, waist, and buttocks at Trump Tower in the presence of Jeffrey Epstein.

6. Rachel Crooks
   — Alleged that around 2005 Trump kissed her on the mouth without consent while she worked as a receptionist.

7. Mindy McGillivray
   — Said in 2003 Trump groped her buttocks at Mar-a-Lago without consent.

8. Bridget Sullivan
   — Former Miss New Hampshire runner-up alleged around 2000 Trump would hug women low on their backs and walked through dressing rooms with contestants undressed.

9. Cassandra Searles
   — Former Miss Washington alleged in 2013 that Trump grabbed her buttocks repeatedly at the Miss USA pageant.

10. Natasha Stoynoff
    — Alleged that in 2005 at Mar-a-Lago Trump shoved her against a wall and kissed her forcibly during an interview.

11. Summer Zervos
    — Former Apprentice contestant alleged in 2007 that Trump forcefully kissed her and groped her breasts in both Trump Tower and a Beverly Hills hotel.

12. Karen Johnson
    — Reported Trump pulled her by her crotch into a tapestry at a New Year’s Eve party in the early 2000s.

13. Amy Dorris
    — Former model alleged at the 1997 US Open that Trump forcibly kissed her and groped her in his VIP box.

14. (Unidentified “Jane Doe”)
    — A woman once filed a lawsuit alleging Trump raped her when she was 13 alongside Jeffrey Epstein; the suit was dropped before trial.

15. Ivana Trump (former wife)
    — Alleged in a divorce deposition that Trump raped her (she later clarified she did not mean “rape” in a strict legal sense). 

16. Trump has denied all of the above allegations. In many cases, he labeled them false or politically motivated