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A foggy day in London: St. Paul's from the Thames
Melons at the Rialto Market
on the Grand Canal, Venice
on the Grand Canal, Venice
Twilight in Tlacotalpan, Mexico:
the bandstand on the plaza
the bandstand on the plaza
Detail in the upper left corner: a gilded sheet-metal
motif on a temple, Bagan, Myanmar
motif on a temple, Bagan, Myanmar
Duncan Taylor Black
Joy Whetstone
Duncan Taylor Black is a writer-photographer who divides his time
Alabama and the Florida panhandle. Following a career in public relations
and advertising, he adopted Mexico as his home for twenty years and as a
primary source for his writings. He has crisscrossed Latin America for the
last two decades gathering experiences and writing about the region’s
cuisine, handicrafts, archaeological treasures, and colonial monuments.
In addition to magazine assignments and newspaper articles for
syndication, he is completing a book on Mexican craft sources, a fictional
short story collection, and several cookbooks. Duncan is a most prolific
blogger at www.butfirst.wordpress.com where he provides delightfully
unique recipes for hors d'oeuvres and appetizers, inspired by his
wanderings.
Duncan lives and travels with his wife, Joy Whetstone, who is also a travel
writer as well as a prolific author of children’s literature. They have
recently completed a series of magazine pieces on Thailand, Burma, and
Hong Kong and traveled last year in the United Kingdom, Italy, and
Croatia. Recent travels in Shanghai, Beijing, and Xian produced a series of
articles and they have just finished pieces on the northern Mediterranean
countries and Barcelona, in particular. Their most recent foray has been a
passage down the Mekong River from Angkor Wat to Saigon. Colombia
and Panama will round out 2011.
Joy grew up in Monroeville, Alabama, home to some of the country’s more
notable living authors, and she aspires to join their ranks. Joy graduated in
journalism with a minor in philosophy from Auburn University. As a
newspaper reporter and assistant editor for the daily Montgomery
Advertiser, she researched and wrote about the people and events that
impacted thousands of readers across 22 mostly rural counties.
From peach crops to train wrecks, from visiting U.S. Presidents and historic
civil rights activists to aspiring (if lunatic) gubernatorial hopefuls, from
legislative maneuvering to flying trapezes, she chronicled the milestones,
characters and diversions of central Alabama in the 1980s.
For the next 13 years, she continued her life's education as a copywriter,
advertising account executive and public relations professional for a
regional advertising and public relations firm. Her primary client list
included governmental and political entities, healthcare organizations,
tourism associations and attractions, and commercial real estate
corporations. Further along the trail,she now enjoys writing children's
books and travel articles.
She lives with her husband, Duncan Taylor Black, in north Florida, Lookout
Mountain, and wherever they may wander after twenty years in Mexico.
notable living authors, and she aspires to join their ranks. Joy graduated in
journalism with a minor in philosophy from Auburn University. As a
newspaper reporter and assistant editor for the daily Montgomery
Advertiser, she researched and wrote about the people and events that
impacted thousands of readers across 22 mostly rural counties.
From peach crops to train wrecks, from visiting U.S. Presidents and historic
civil rights activists to aspiring (if lunatic) gubernatorial hopefuls, from
legislative maneuvering to flying trapezes, she chronicled the milestones,
characters and diversions of central Alabama in the 1980s.
For the next 13 years, she continued her life's education as a copywriter,
advertising account executive and public relations professional for a
regional advertising and public relations firm. Her primary client list
included governmental and political entities, healthcare organizations,
tourism associations and attractions, and commercial real estate
corporations. Further along the trail,she now enjoys writing children's
books and travel articles.
She lives with her husband, Duncan Taylor Black, in north Florida, Lookout
Mountain, and wherever they may wander after twenty years in Mexico.