Upcoming Mysteries Released: Nov 2017 to June 2018

If you enjoy mysteries as much as I do, I found this great list of mysteries from a large variety of
series coming out between now (November) and June 2018.  What are your favorite series? 
Take a look at the list of what's coming up! My Top 5 favorite mystery Series are: 
1) "Murder She Wrote" by Donald Bain and Jessica Fletcher
2) "Mr. Monk the detective" by Lee Goldberg and later by Hy Conrad
3) "The Barking Detective Mystery series" by Waverly Curtis
4) "The Sheriff Johanna Brady Mysteries" and "J.P. Beaumont detective mysteries" by J.A. Jance
5) "The Haunted Bookshop mysteries" by Alice Kimberly
 - Rob
Source: https://www.cozy-mystery.com/blog/soon-to-be-released-mysteries

November 2017

Kristi Abbott: Assault and Buttery (This will be the 3rd in the Popcorn Shop Mystery Series.)

Traci Andrighetti & Elizabeth Ashby: A Poison Manicure and Peach Liqueur (This will be the 19th in the Danger Cove Hair Salon Mystery Series.)

David Baldacci: End Game (This will be the in the Will Robbie Mystery Series.)

Susan Bernhardt: Paradise Can Be Murder (This will be the 4th in the Kay Driscoll Mystery Series.)

Rhys Bowen: The Ghost of Christmas Past (This will be the 17th in the Molly Murphy Mystery Series. This is a Christmas mystery.)

Lynn Cahoon: Of Murder and Men (This will be the 3rd in the Cat Latimer Mystery Series.)

Kate Carlisle: Eaves of Destruction (This will be the 5th in the Fixer-Upper Mystery Series.)

Bailey Cates (aka Cricket McRae & Bailey Cattrell): Potions and Pastries (This will be the 7th in the Magical Bakery Mystery Series.)

Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke: Every Breath You Take (This will be the 5th in the Under Suspicion Mystery Series.)

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): A Late Frost (This will be the 11th in the Orchard Mystery Series. This is a “WinterFare” mystery.)

Ellen Crosby: The Vineyard Victims (This will be the 8th in the Wine Country Mystery Series.)

Krista Davis: Not a Creature Was Purring (This will be the 5th in the Paws & Claws Mystery Series. This is a Christmas mystery.)

Julianna Deering: Death at Thorburn Hall (This will be the 6th in the Drew Farthering Mystery Series.)

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Hark the Herald Angels Slay (This will be the 3rd in the Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series. This is a Christmas in July mystery.)

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Much Ado about Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery Series.)

Kaitlyn Dunnett (aka Kathy Lynn Emerson): X Marks the Scot (This will be the 11th in the Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series.)

Kate Dyer-Seeley (aka Ellie Alexander): In Cave Danger (This will be the 5th in the Pacific Northwest Mystery Series.)

Janet Evanovich: Hardcore Twenty-Four (This will be the 24th in the Stephanie Plum Mystery Series.)

Sarah Fox : Of Spice and Men (This will be the 3rd in the Pancake House Mystery Series.)

Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames): A Deadly Éclair (This will be the 1st in the NEW French Bistro Mystery Series.)

Cheryl Hollon: Etched in Tears (This will be the 4th in the Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery Series.)

Mary Ellen Hughes: A Fatal Collection (This will be the 1st in the NEW Keepsake Cove Mystery Series.)

P. D. James: Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales (This will be a collection of short stories.)

Maureen Jennings: Let Darkness Bury the Dead (This will be the 8th in the Murdoch Mystery Series)

Catherine Lloyd: Death Comes to the School (This will be the 5th in the Kurland St. Mary Mystery Series.)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Death in the Stacks (This will be the 8th in the Library Lover’s Mystery Series.)

Sharon Pape: That Olde White Magick (This will be the 2nd in the Abracadabra Mystery Series.)

Anne Perry: A Christmas Return (This will be the 15th in the Christmas Mystery Series.)

Patricia Smiley: Outside the Wire (This will be a Stand Alone Novel.)

Alexander McCall Smith: The House of Unexpected Sisters (This will be the 18th in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Mystery Series.)

Wendy Corsi Staub: Dead of Winter (This will be the in the Lily Dale Mystery Series.)

Lane Stone: Stay Calm and Collie On (This will be the 3rd in the Pet Palace Mystery Series.)

Victoria Thompson: City of Lies (This will be the 1st in the NEW Counterfeit Lady Mystery Series.)

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December 2017

Winnie Archer (aka Melissa Bourbon & Misa Ramirez): Crust No One(This will be the 2nd in the Bread Shop Mystery Series.)

Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey): And Death Goes To . . . (This will be the 3rd in the Tobi Tobias Mystery Series.)

Mary Daheim: Alpha Alpine (This will be the 27th in the Emma Lord Mystery Series.)

Christopher Fowler: Wild Chamber (This will be the 14th in the Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery Series.)

Susan Furlong (aka Lucy Arlington, Susan Furlong-Bolliger, & S. Furlong-Bolliger): Splintered Silence (This will be a Stand Alone Novel.)

Nancy Haddock: A Crime of Poison (This will be the 3rd in the Silver Six Crafting Mystery Series.) (This will be a Fall Folk Art themed mystery.)

Katherine Bolger Hyde: Bloodstains with Bronte (This will be the 2nd in the Crime with the Classics Mystery Series.)

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Too Big to Die (This will be the 12th in the Odelia Grey Mystery Series.)

Gayle Leeson (aka Amanda Lee & Gayle Trent): Honey-Baked Homicide (This will be the 3rd in the Down South Café Mystery Series.)

Alyssa Maxwell: A Devious Death (This will be the 3rd in the Lady and Lady’s Maid Mystery Series.)

Gail Oust: Ginger Snapped (This will be the 5th in the Spice Shop Mystery Series.)

Katherine Hall Page: The Body in the Casket (This will be the 24th in the Faith Fairchild Mystery Series.)

Nancy J. Parra (aka Nancy Coco & Nell Hampton): A Case of Syrah, Syrah (This will be the 1st in the NEW Wine Country Mystery Series.)

Barbara Ross: Stowed Away (This will be the 6th in the Maine Clambake Mystery Series.)

Paige Shelton: Comic Sans Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Dangerous Type Mystery Series.)

Karen Rose Smith: Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes (This will be the 1st in the NEW Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series.)

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January 2018

Ellie Alexander (aka Kate Dyer-Seeley): Another One Bites the Crust (This will be the 7th in the Bakeshop Mystery Series.)

Stephanie Blackmoore: Murder Borrowed, Murder Blue (This will be the 3rd in the Wedding Planner Mystery Series.) VALENTINE’S DAY, WEDDING

Laura Bradford (aka Elizabeth Lynn Casey): Dial M for Mousse (This will be the 3rd in the Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery Series.)

Alan Bradley: The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place (This will be the 9th in the Flavia de Luce Mystery Series.)

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Many a Twist (This will be the 6th in the County Cork Mystery Series.)

E.J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): The Hostess with the Ghostess (This will be the 9th in the Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series.)

Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell & Tace Baker): Biscuits and Slashed Browns (This will be the 4th in the Country Store Mystery Series.)

Tim Dorsey: The Pope of Palm Beach (This will be the 21st in the Serge A. Storms Mystery Series.)

Sarah Graves: Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake (This will be the 1st in the NEW Death by Chocolate Mystery Series.) (This is a Fourth of July themed mystery.)

Ellen Hart: A Whisper of Bones (This will be the 25th in the Jane Lawless Mystery Series.)

Maddy Hunter: Say No Moor (This will be the 10th in the Passport to Peril Mystery Series.)

Sujata Massey: The Widows of Malabar Hill (This will be the 1st in the NEW Perveen Mistry Mystery Series.)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Every Dog Has His Day (This will be the 3rd in the non mystery Bluff Point Romance Series.)

Deanna Raybourn: A Treacherous Curse (This will be the 3rd in the Veronica Speedwell Mystery Series.)

Teresa Trent: Murder of a Good Man (This will be the 1st in the NEW Piney Woods Mystery Series.)

Tracy Weber: Pre-Meditated Murder (This will be the 5th in the Downward Dog Mystery Series.)

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February 2018

M. C. Beaton: Death of an Honest Man (This will be the 34th in the Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series.)

Frances Brody: Death in the Stars (This will be the 8th in the Kate Shackleton Mystery Series.)

Krista Davis: Color Me Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW Pen & Ink Mystery Series.)

Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): The Cat of the Baskervilles (This will be the 3rd in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Series.)

Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Lethal Licorice (This will be the 2nd in the Amish Candy Shop Mystery.)

Joanne Fluke: Raspberry Danish Murder (This will be the 22nd in the Hannah Swensen Mystery Series.) (This is a Thanksgiving themed mystery.)

Sherry Harris: I Know What You Bid Last Summer (This will be the 5th in the Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery.)

Miranda James (aka Honor Hartman, Jimmie Ruth Evans, & Dean James): Claws for Concern (This will be the 9th in the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series.)

T.C. LoTempio: Death by a Whisker (This will be the 2nd in the Cat Rescue Mystery Series.)

Carlene O’Connor: Murder in an Irish Churchyard (This will be the 3rd in the Irish Village Mystery Series.)

Carol J. Perry: It Takes a Coven (This will be the 6th in the Witch City Mystery Series.)

Loretta Ross: Death & the Viking’s Daughter (This will be the 4th in the Auction Block Mystery Series.)

Annelise Ryan (aka Allyson K. Abbott & Beth Amos): Dead Calm(This will be the 9th in the Mattie Winston Mystery Series.)

Sofie Ryan (aka Sofie Kelly): The Fast and the Furriest (This will be the 5th in the Second Chance Cat Mystery Series.)

Charles Todd: The Gatekeeper (This will be the 20th in the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Series.)

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March 2018

Cynthia Baxter: Murder with a Cherry on Top (This will be the 1st in the NEW Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe Mystery Series.)

Duffy Brown: Lethal in Old Lace (This will be the 6th in the Consignment Shop Mystery Series.)

Lynn Cahoon: Who Moved My Goat Cheese? (This will be the 1st in the NEW Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series.)

Laura Childs (aka Gerry Schmitt): Plum Tea Crazy (This will be the 19th in the Tea Shop Mystery Series.)

Kate Dyer-Seeley (aka Ellie Alexander): Natural Thorn Killer (This will be the 1st in the NEW Rose City Mystery Series.)

Vickie Fee: Til Death Do Us Party (This will be the 4th in the Liv and Di in Dixie Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth George: The Punishment She Deserves (This will be the 20th in the non-Cozy Detective Inspector Lynley Mystery Series.)

Parnell Hall: The Purloined Puzzle (This will be the 19th in the Puzzle Lady Mystery Series.)

Nancy Herriman: Searcher of the Dead (This will be the 1st in the NEW Bess Ellyott Mystery Series.)

Anna Lee Huber: A Brush with Shadows (This will be the 6th in the Lady Darby Mystery Series.)

Kelly Lane: Dipped to Death (This will be the 3rd in the Olive Grove Mystery Series.)

Emma Miller: Plain Confession (This will be the 5th in the Amish Mystery Series.)

Linda Wiken (aka Erika Chase): Marinating in Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Dinner Club Mystery Series.)

Jacqueline Winspear: To Die but Once (This will be the 14th in the Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series.)

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April 2018

Ellery Adams (aka J. B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Murder in the Locked Library (This will be the 4th in the Book Retreat Mystery Series.)

Rebecca Adler: Cinco De Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Taste of Texas Mystery Series.)

Susan Wittig Albert: Queen Anne’s Lace (This will be the 28th in the China Bayles Herbal Mysteries Series.)

Barbara Allan: Antiques Wanted (This will be the 12th in the Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery Series.)

Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): A Magical Match (This will be the 9th in the Witchcraft Mystery Series.)

Kathleen Bridge: Death by the Sea (This will be the 1st in the NEW By the Sea Mystery Series.)

Maia Chance : Bad Neighbors (This will be the 2nd in the Agnes and Effie Mystery Series.)

Cleo Coyle (aka Alice Kimberly): Shot in the Dark (This will be the 17th in the Coffeehouse Mystery Series.)

Mary Daheim: A Case of Bier (This will be the 31st in the Hillside Manor Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery Series.)

Janet Finsilver: Murder at the Mushroom Festival (This will be the 4th in the Kelly Jackson Mystery Series.)

Nell Hampton (aka Nancy Coco and Nancy J. Parra): Lord of the Pies (This will be the 2nd in the Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Series.)

Anne Hillerman: Cave of Bones (This will be the 22nd in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mystery Series.)

Lee Hollis: Death of a Cookbook Author (This will be the 10th in the Hayley Powell Mystery Series.)

Edith Maxwell (aka Maddie Day & Tace Baker): Turning the Tide(This will be the 3rd in the Quaker Midwife Mystery Series.)

G. A. McKevett: Hide and Sneak (This will be the 23rd in the Savannah Reid Mystery Series.)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Wedding Cake Crumble (This will be the 10th in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series.)

Catriona McPherson: Scot Free (This will be the 1st in the NEW Last Ditch Mystery Series.)

Anne Perry : Twenty-one Days (This will be the 33rd in the Pitt Mystery Series.)

Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia Raises the Roof (This will be the 20th in the Miss Julia Mystery Series.)

Denise Swanson: Tart of Darkness (This will be the 1st in the NEW Chef-to-Go Mystery Series.)

Marty Wingate: Farewell, My Cuckoo (This will be the 4th in the Birds of a Feather Mystery Series.)

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May 2018

Sharon Pape: Magick Run Amok (This will be the 3rd in the Abracadabra Mystery Series.)

Rose Pressey: A Passion for Haunted Fashion (This will be the 6th in the Haunted Vintage Mystery Series.)

Victoria Thompson: Murder on Union Square (This will be the 21st in the Gaslight Mystery Series.)

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June 2018

Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Bought the Farm (This will be the 3rd in the Farmer’s Daughter Mystery Series.)

Victoria Houston: Dead Firefly (This will be the 18th in the Loon Lake Mystery Series.)

Fun Mystery: The Chihuahua Always Sniffs Twice (Barking Detective Mysteries Book 4)

I read a lot of mysteries, and as I've noted on this blog before The Barking Detective mystery series is truly one of my favorites. I recently finished "The Chihuahua Always Sniffs Twice" by Waverly Curtis and it's another 5 out of 5 star, fun novel. It features Geri Sullivan, a private investigator and her Chihuahua named Pepe. The thing is that Pepe can talk in English, but only Geri hears him. He also  helps her solve every case. It's like Scooby Doo!  
  This novel was just as great as the other 4 in the series (I have already read the 5th). It's fun, light-hearted and a page turner. It's about a family of step-kids who are angry that their step mother left her fortune to 5 cocker spaniels. ... and they all want to prove she's insane (after she died). 
  The last Pepe novel (www.pepnovels.com) came out in 2015 and I can't wait for another one. I love Pepe and Geri. I really hope the authors are writing a 6th book! - Rob 

You can buy it on Amazon.com here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KFP7YK4/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb

ABOUT THIS BOOK: Aspiring P.I. Geri Sullivan's new case has got her talking Chihuahua, Pepe, hot under the collar. Wealthy widow Lucille Carpenter left her entire fortune to her beloved dogs, and someone is trying to poison them. Anyone who would hurt a perro is lower than a cucaracha in Pepe's book. But when Geri and Pepe investigate, they discover that it's not just the coddled canines who are in danger. Now there are human targets too. 
  At the lavish Carpenter manor, Pepe digs for clues among the pampered pooches, bitter relatives, suspicious staff, and larcenous lawyers. But there's only one diminutive detective smart enough to save the day--and the dogs.

Tom's Thoughts: Was Jane Seymour Henry VIII's "one true love?"

 Jane Seymour, workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger,  1540

Was Jane Seymour Henry VIII's "one true love?"     This notion is commonly accepted and ubiquitous among many writers and scholars.  Many attest that since the couple are buried together in the same crypt, that it must be true.  

   I propose rather that Henry's corpse ended up being buried with Jane's in St George's Chapel, Windsor, strictly by happenstance simply because his tomb was not completed at the time of his death in 1547, nor did any of his heirs ever allocate funding to complete it.  In fact, a portion of Henry's intended sarcophagus was integrated into the tomb of Horatio Nelson in St  Paul's 
(Source https://www.tudorsociety.com/a-tomb-fit-for-a-king-benedettos-candelabra-for-henry-viii/ ).  

    There are alternative accounts that seem to contradict Henry's affection for Jane.  

    By the time Edward was born, Henry was already showing signs of mental degradation; some attribute his outbursts of rage and irrational behavior could possibly stem from a head injury he sustained while jousting that rendered him unconscious for several hours in January 1536.  Many accounts describe Jane's labor during childbirth as being protracted and extremely difficult, and when the attending physicians asked Henry if they should save the mother or the child, Henry directed that all efforts should focus on saving the child because he could always find another wife!  

Henry VIII was King of England from April 21,1509 until his death. 

   There appear to be no accounts of Henry ever visiting Jane on her sickbed; this is perhaps not surprising considering his hypochondria.  On the day of the queen's death, Henry stated that he would follow through on his plans to go hunting in Asher if Jane showed signs of getting better, or "if she amend not" he was not inclined to "tarry" by her side.  (Source: http://www.kyrackramer.com/2017/10/24/the-death-of-queen-jane/ ) 

   So was Jane indeed Henry's true love?  It is certainly a topic to debate while tipping back a couple of pints... 

GREAT NEWS CA Democrats Pass bill to Ban Sale of Non-Rescue dogs, cats!

California Just voted to eradicate puppy mills

If you CARE about animals and hate puppy mills, you'll side with the Democratic Party.

California has now made it illegal for puppy mills to make money selling puppy mill dogs to pet stores. What a fantastic idea! 

California Bans Pet Shop Sales Of Non-Rescue Cats, Dogs And Rabbits

Oct. 16, 2017 

California officially banned the non-rescue sale of cats, dogs and rabbits. Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 485 into law Friday, Oct. 1, The Orange County Register reported. 

It takes effect in January 2019, and pet store owners who violate it will face a $500 fine. The Democratic governor’s signature was celebrated by animal welfare groups, including Social Compassion in Legislation, the bill’s sponsor.

Deplorable conditions of puppy mills

 “We are overjoyed with the Governor’s signature and broad support from the entire animal-loving community for this groundbreaking legislation,” the group’s founder and CEO, Judie Mancuso, said in a statement. “In banning the sale of mill-bred animals, California took a bold step forward. The deplorable conditions that animals suffer in these high-volume breeding facilities are not a secret and now they have a champion in California.”

Matt Bershadker, president and CEO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, praised the law for breaking “the puppy mill supply chain that pushes puppies into California pet stores and has allowed unscrupulous breeders to profit from abusive practices.”

Our Adventures at the Tiny House Expo

Tom and Rob at Tiny House Expo

As an architect, Tom has been fascinated with the new fad of "Tiny Houses." So, this past weekend we attended a Tiny House Expo in Maryland. In this blog, we'll take you through the expo and show you what some of the tiny houses looked like. 

Bed in container house

narrow kitchen counter

Counter and heater in container house

ladder to upstairs bed

The bed is in the peak and you climb upstairs to sleep

INTERESTING FACTS

Long line to get in the biggest "tiny house"

* We learned that to be considered a "Tiny House" the structure needs to be 800 square feet or less. Most of the houses were built by wood, but there was one that was built in a shipping container (and that one actually looked better than most of the others in my opinion). 
* They are often heated by propane or have electric wall heaters
* Hooking up running water is your responsibility.
* If you don't like where you live, most of these houses are mobile, so you can drive it to another state! 

One model from the outside

COST:  One of the houses was selling for $55,000. Others were from $40,000 and up... and that's "turnkey" so nothing is needed (except for land and utility hookups). 

OUR THOUGHTS:    1) For that cost, since it doesn't include buying the land, hooking up the water, electric, etc. it could be just as cost effective to buy a row house in Baltimore City!  
2) We couldn't figure out why families with 2 to 4 kids would be going there, when these are built for 1 or 2 people... unless the parents plan to put these in their backyard and put the kids in them to keep 'em out of their house! 

A FRIEND'S OBSERVATION: "Since the house is so small, where do you go when you're mad at each other, and it's winter time?" 

TINY CHAPEL ON WHEELS  - Tiny Chapel Weddings offers small, intimate, and affordable weddings to people throughout Richmond, VA, but we learned they also travel. In fact, the man in the chapel said they once took it to Chicago. He said with the chapel, people can get married in any setting they want. Pretty clever idea. 

Tom checking out the tiny house

  From their website: "Tiny Chapel Weddings offers civil and non-denominational ceremonies at a reasonable cost. With several packages to choose from, you are sure to find the right fit for you and your budget. We provide officiant services and if needed, a unique event venue for "tiny" weddings. The best part is, our tiny chapel is mobile."  Their website:  http://tinychapelweddings.com/

SOLD OUT - There were so many people attending that there were literally lines of between 50 to 100 people to get into each house!

Closet and Bathroom

 

Too Funny: GOP Miami Congressional Candidate Says She Was Abducted By Jesus-Like Aliens

Aliens that looked like Jesus?!?!?!?

No , this is not a headline from the Enquirer newspaper, it's a legitimate headline from the Miami Herald where a Republican candidate for Congress claims she met "Jesus-like Aliens." 

  We're sure that since she said "Jesus-like" that Republicans will vote for this loon. Hahaha! Sad but true. Here's the story.

Florida GOP Congressional Candidate Says She Was Abducted By Jesus-Like Aliens

 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article178813586.html

A Republican congressional candidate from Florida has made some out-of-this-world claims.

Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera, one of nearly a dozen candidates hoping to win the U.S. House seat currently held by retiring Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, claims she was abducted by aliens who reminded her of Jesus Christ, according to newly resurfaced interviews.

“I went in. There were some round seats that were there, and some quartz rocks that controlled the ship ― not like airplanes,” Rodriguez Aguilera said, according to the interviews cited by the Miami Herald.

A Republican Wacko for Congress in Florida 

In the interviews, Rodriguez Aguilera claims she was taken at the age of 7 by three tall, blond space people who have communicated with her telepathically at times since.

She said the aliens reminded her of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.

“God is a universal energy, not a person,” the aliens told her, according to The Washington Post. “It’s in everything. God talks to people and they understand it in different ways, but there’s only one religion.”

She called the Herald report an “attack piece,” according to Miami ABC station Local 10. However, she did not mention whether she believed she had been abducted by aliens or if she had been in telepathic contact with them.

Rodriguez Aguilera issued a statement to the Herald that also did not confirm or deny her earlier comments on being abducted but noted that Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan both claimed to have seen UFOs. 

She also cited Stephen Hawking as someone who believes in the possibility of life beyond Earth.

Hawking, the famed theoretical physicist, has indeed said there could be intelligent life elsewhere and has even warned that such an advanced civilization could wipe out the human race. But Hawking is on record as saying he doesn’t believe aliens have visited the Earth.

“I’m discounting claims that UFOs contain aliens,” he said in 2012. “Why would they appear only to cranks and weirdos?”

The Miami New Times notes that Rodriguez Aguilera is one of three Republicans and eight Democrats seeking Ros-Lehtinen’s seat in next year’s midterm election

The Return of Bad Real Estate Photos!

There are a couple of houses for sale in our neighborhood, and we always wonder what they look like inside. There's a website, though, we you can find the wackiest real estate pictures, and we find it hard to believe that people would actually put their houses on the market looking as they do in these pictures!

1) This gives a new meaning to "semi-private bathroom." If you're bathroom shy, this isn't the house for you.
  This really makes you wonder what in the world these homeowners were thinking! 





2) Time to call the exorcist? First, look at the total mess of books, magazines or whatever they are on the shelves.
  Second, what in the world are all of the knicknacks on the left side of the room? 
  Third, either their kid is possessed by a ghost and now walks on ceilings, or they have a weird sense of humor by affixing a mannequin upside down on the ceiling. 
  No matter what's going on in this room, we would want no part of it!