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In June of 1954, Desmond Leslie, whom | would have met for the first time in New York had | been able to carry out my program, came to Palomar instead. This was a great joy. Endowed with a very interesting mind and a delightful sense of humor, he added much to our little group here, not only in that he shared our common interests but also entered into the nonsense which often overtook us when relaxation from serious subjects was indicated. http://web.archive.org/web/2001090503301 6/http://www.universe-people.com/ Although he had expected to stay only a month or so, Desmond remained with us until late in August. | look forward to seeing him again in his country sometime in 1955 when | go over to fulfill the postponed lecture tour. Altogether, what with the further meetings with my friends from other worlds, the increasing list of good friends on this world of many types and kinds, the good healthy outdoor work and putting together the material for this book, my days were very full and happy. Occasionally, | even rested when my friends began to look at me in a certain unpleasant manner! We soon discovered that the purpose of the new cottage was going to have to be extended. So, just before Desmond?s arrival, in order to provide a bedroom, we put a partition up in the center of the large room which we had planned as a forum and informal lecture hail. As it was, one of us was still sleeping in the old cabin?and another still had a bed in the kitchen unit. So now, the new arrangements provided us with half a lecture room, in which | sleep, one proper bedroom and an office complete with a cot. We felt really set up when, shortly after, we transformed a pup tent into a comfortable sleeping place by raising it off the ground on a plywood base and running screen around the upper half. Thus, we got the bed Out of the kitchen! | am still engaged in piping water in and out of tanks and round about the grounds (with some able women assistants!) and feel very proud of the results. The former trickle in wash bowls and shower is now a veritable torrent, and we have made a real little pool under a live oak tree and planted flowers around its rock border. Just this morning we took a cement cupid and a crane out from under the house and placed them in the pool. They look very pleased. We work hard, but we are happy. The mountains are always there before our eyes, never monotonous in the beauty that changes with dawn, the full sunlight and the setting sun. They are lovely at dusk, whether touched with moonlight or dark against a sky full of stars. And often we see the Saucers flashing overhead. In fact, in recent weeks the space ships have been seen by many in neighboring towns and cities. We are content to know that they are there above us, and in the skies of all our Earth. We hope that in the not too far distant future all peoples in our world may see and know them for what they are; and we hope that many of those whose words would convince, who do know now and have kept silence, will speak out in the interest of all mankind. 14