Teagan's Books

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Welcome, all. Despite the WP jackassery, I managed to get a version of the draft I was writing of this post last week. It’s wonky looking, and they added a bunch of blank “boxes,” and the text looks scrunched-up… But the Scoobies didn’t want their photo session to be wasted. That said, the Scoobies are on hand, bringing cheer to help you over the midweek hump.  Dan Antion gave us the Crayola Crayons color Brown for the “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge” (CFFC).  The two cats and I spent the day looking around the house for our favorite “browns.”

 Now, I have to hand this post over to the Scoobies.

Velma:   What’s your favorite brown, Daphne?

Daphne:   I don’t know, Velma.  Are you sure that brown is really a color.  You shrugged.  I guess that would be my answer too.

Velma:   When Yummy Human redid our living room this spring, she gave us this new table — to make a window seat big enough for both of us to lounge in the window.  Our mat on it is sort of brown too.

Daphne:  True.  I guess that’s my favorite brown.  She moved the drum-coffee-table, and now it’s an end-table instead.  I know you liked playing around it better where it used to be.  Although… it’s convenient to jump from our window table to it and then to the sofa.  Anyhow, that’s another shade of brown, isn’t it?

Velma:  Yes.  And yes, I’d still call the drum’s wood brown even though it’s sort of golden too.

Daphne:  Hey, I know.   Let’s look out the side window in our back room.  Okay, there’s a strip of brown gravel next door.

Velma:  Oh, and our scratching perch is beige with brown sitting-places.

Daphne:  I know!  Boxes!  Boxes are brown.  We love boxes. Funny… the boxes keep disappearing.

Velma:  You’re right!  I busted out that box, and Yummy Human taped it back together — twice.  I wonder whatever happened to it…

Daphne:  Yeah, me too. Yummy Human, I’m sure you have a brown book cover or two. We’re handing this post back to you now. Zzzzzzzzzz

Nice work, Scoobies.  I guess my favorite brown is the mostly brown book cover of my Cornelis Drebbel steampunk novel, “The Alchemist and the Woman in Trousers.”  There’s a little more about it below.

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Thanks for visiting, everyone.   Friendly comments are welcome.  Hugs.

Update: Applesauce! I’m blushing. Thank you for the good wishes! Yes, it’s my birthday. Each friendly comment is a gift to me, especially today.

Also, happy Canada Day!

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Naturally, the obligatory shameless self-promotion must be included.  The video trailer below will tell more about the story.

How can I get this whimsical fun?  Purchase information is below.

The Alchemist and the Woman in Trousers: a Cornelis Drebbel Adventure

Universal Purchase Links

E-book:  relinks.me/B0F1KWXJ5P

 Paperback:  relinks.me/B0F1KVQGFR

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