Marilyn Noad:  

I was a Navy brat. I was born in San Diego but travelled throughout the US with my family, finally coming "home" to San Diego in time to attend La Jolla High School for my junior and senior years. Even then my family were transferred back east and wanted me to accompany them but I put my foot down. I had attended 12 schools at that point and I decided that was enough! I wanted to know a least a few of the people at my graduation. I lived with my grandmother in La Jolla for my final years and my first year of college at San Diego State College. I married Frederick McNeill Noad in 1960. From the UK, he was a graduate of Oxford University and a classical musician. I graduated from UCLA in 1968 with a BA. I travelled extensively throughout Europe with my husband looking for music in libraries for his many publications. It was a lot of fun. I lived in both London and Marbella Spain for extended periods where he wrote and I painted.. One of our trips was a "roots trip" to his birthplace Ellary, a lovely and remote family property in the Highlands of Scotland. From there we sailed around the western isles that had once been part of the mainland property. They were magnificent...wild and lu...Expand for more