Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Dendrobium linawianum orchid: So glad my 2 #BooksOfPoetry are now available @ #PegasusBooksSolano - 1855 Solano Ave Berkeley CA 1) "#LightFloatSitWatsuVirtually" & 2) "#WindingRoadRainbow: Harbin, Wandering & the Poetry of #LovingBliss" * * "To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually! How different it is to soak at Harbin Hot Springs than to realize it in virtual Reality" poetry book questions * * * Thanks #DrDavidTaweiLee @LarryDiamond #AdmiralJamesOEllisJr for the #StanfordHooverInstitute The #TaiwanRelationsAct at 47 -



So glad my 2 #BooksOfPoetry are now available @ #PegasusBooksSolano - 1855 Solano Ave BerkeleyCA   1) "#LightFloatSitWatsuVirtually" & 2) "#WindingRoadRainbow: Harbin, Wandering & the Poetry of #LovingBliss" 


So glad my 2 #BooksOfPoetry are now available @ #PegasusBooksSolano - 1855 Solano Ave BerkeleyCA  
1) "#LightFloatSitWatsuVirtually" & 2) "#WindingRoadRainbow: Harbin, Wandering & the Poetry of #LovingBliss" by @scottmacleod both published by @WUaSPress -http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html ~ 




1

Light, Float, Sit, Watsu ~ Virtually: Bodymind Electricity Sings to Me at Harbin Hot Springs & Other Traveling Poems


2

Winding Road Rainbow: Harbin, Wandering & the Poetry of Loving Bliss






Society, Information Technology, and the Global University, (forthcoming, Academic Press at World University and School, 2026) 

Scottish Small Piping album #2 - Honey Piobaireachd (2022)
- Poetry! Order Book #5 Light, Float, Sit, Watsu ~ Virtually (2021, Academic Press at WUaS)

Scottish Small Piping album #1 Honey in the Bag ~ Out of the Air tune (2020)


Order Book #3 Winding Road Rainbow: Harbin, Wandering & the Poetry of Loving Bliss (2018,  Academic Press at WUaS)

Order Book #2 Haiku-ish and Other Loving Hippie Harbin Poetry (2017,  Academic Press at WUaS) 

Order Actual-Virtual Ethnographic Book #1: Naked Harbin Ethnography (2016, Academic Press at World University and School)

- Scott GK MacLeod  
Founder, President, CEO & Professor
at / of best STEAM CC licensed OCW, Wiki, 
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- USPS US Post Office, PO Box 132, General Delivery, Canyon, CA 94516 


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best STEAM CC licensed OCW, Wiki, 
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2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

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"To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually! How different it is to soak at Harbin Hot Springs than to realize it in virtual Reality" poetry book questions


Dear Tim, 

Greetings and I hope this email finds you well. I'm writing to inquire if Pegasus Books on Shattuck in Berkeley might carry my "To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually! How different it is to soak at Harbin Hot Springs than to realize it in virtual reality" 2019 poetry book.

Thanks so much to the nice woman at the counter who gave me your email a few weeks ago, and said you were the person who considered getting books for the store on shattuck@pegasusbookstore.com. (I just came in again today Sum 4/5/26 and spoke with the same nice woman asking about the 1958 book "The Guide" by RK Narayan, as one of 10 great Indian novels inspired by Yoga, possibly comic, along the lines of "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard," which I enjoyed, and per Gemini - https://g.co/gemini/share/6e13f65bb682 - but have also since found it online in 2 places, Internet Archive +).

I had mentioned to her my writing 5 books that are Harbin Hot Springs' inspired, one sociocultural ethnographic book (t's in the UC Berkeley Anthropology library's collection), and the other four poetry books, and that they are all published in a new Press: The Academic and Poetry Press at World University and School, planned in all 7,159 living languages with machine and human translation; (free-to-students' World University and School, still a startup, building on MIT OCW in 7 languages - https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/translated-courses/ - seeks to offer free online WUaS degrees - Bachelor, PhD, Law, MD, IB high school or similar, AA/AS and Master's - from home, in each of all 200 countries and in their main languages, and as we proceed with accreditation further). And I inquired whether Pegasus books might even consider carrying my - 

"To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually! How different it is to soak at Harbin Hot Springs than to realize it in virtual Reality" 

... 2019 poetry book.

I had also mentioned how a book group's organizer, based in Lisbon, Portugal, and I had been corresponding about their creating a Book Feature / Spotlight / Event Summary of my "To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually!" book. You'll find the correspondence here - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/red-dahlia-to-dance-or-pools-virtually.html


 and the beginnings of the 

PRESENTATION AND EVENT SUMMARY VIDEO - To the Dance or the Pools (1).mp4. here - 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aEAcfEPv_1vzyCgdSw4iLfpJ-cqDT78l/view?usp=sharing

... but I decided on behalf of the Poetry Press at WUaS too not to go through with this Featuring of my book.

Greetings to the nice woman at the Pegasus on Shattuck avenue, Berkeley, counter. Am writing now my upcoming "Society, Information Technology, and the Global University" book.

Does "Pegasus Books" on Shattuck in Berkeley have a focus on local authors, and about local places like Harbin Hot Springs - Heart Consciousness Church in Lake County about 2 hours NE of Berkeley too? As you may read, am seeking to create a #RealisticVirtualHarbin #HotSprings - and think Google Street View with time slider, GMaps, Gemini AI and TensorFlowAI and for even soaking from home in our bathtubs eg in - 
ONSEN's perspective  - which is in a relatively new  'tilt-able' Youtube interactive immersive #InfoTech 
竹取亭円山 有馬温泉湯めぐりVR
- (#Hashtags on TwitterX and sometimes on #LinkedIN) in my 2nd Harbin Hot Springs' ethnographic book project (7th upcoming book), and for online ethnographic STEM and brain research, and even for publishing from Google Street View with #TextInTheSideBar to paper and new digital hardware formats like a #WUaSMultimediaRoom, and even to study bliss in a virtual Harbin (and see https://www.toolify.ai/ai-news/revolutionizing-education-with-machine-learning-and-ai-2574306) -  and potentially to invent the book anew.

Have you or other Pegasus book folks ever visited Harbin Hot Springs ?

Thanks, best regards, kindly,
Scott

"To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually!" Poetry book Feature correspondence + 




PS
Twitter and LinkedIN posts just now (some just a little different from each other)

"To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually! How different it is to soak at #HarbinHotSprings than to realize it in virtual Reality" poetry book @WUaSPress w correspondence - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/red-dahlia-to-dance-or-pools-virtually.html
& PRESENTATION  VIDEO beginnings -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aEAcfEPv_1vzyCgdSw4iLfpJ-cqDT78l/view?usp=sharing -http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html ~

https://x.com/Q_YogaMacFlower/status/2040867249658167620

https://x.com/Q_YogaMacFlower/status/2040867249658167620

https://x.com/WUaSPress/status/2040868810832679302

https://x.com/sgkmacleod/status/2040868549070299190

https://x.com/HarbinBook/status/2040868646617301246

https://x.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/2040869149174628811

https://x.com/scottmacleod/status/2040868912250925398

https://x.com/TheOpenBand/status/2040868449728254425



Retweeting -

HarbinBook
@HarbinBook
1st lines of #NakedHarbinEthnography: "After you check in at the gate at #HarbinHotSprings, a #Harbinresident who has worked there for years often says "#GoPlay"
http://scottmacleod.com/ActualVirtualHarbinBook.html ... How to explore in #RealisticVirtualHarbin
@HarbinBook for #EthnoWikiVirtualWorldGraphy ?

https://x.com/HarbinBook/status/1729933726245695968



No retweet -

https://x.com/Q_YogaMacFlower/status/2040867042409254943



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"To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually! How different it is to soak at Harbin Hot Springs than to realize it in virtual Reality" poetry book questions


You'll find the correspondence with a book group organizer here - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/red-dahlia-to-dance-or-pools-virtually.html

 and the beginnings of the

PRESENTATION AND EVENT SUMMARY VIDEO - To the Dance or the Pools (1).mp4. -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aEAcfEPv_1vzyCgdSw4iLfpJ-cqDT78l/view?usp=sharing

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html ~







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Dear Tim, and Scott, at both Pegasus Bookstores in Berkeley (hoping the Solano@pegasusbookstore.com email address goes through), All, 


Thanks so much, and nice to meet you at Pegasus Books on Shattuck, Tim, and thanks for telling me how the Pegasus book consignment process works; that I'd get 60% of the retail price. And thanks for letting me know to go to the Solano Pegasus bookstore for this; and that you do have a local authors' focus too. And thanks, Scott, at Pegasus Books on Solano - and nice to meet you too - for taking my 2 poetry books on consignment ...  to sell on Pegasus Bookstore Solano's  new Poetry Books' shelves. I already posted the following TwitterX posts with the #PegasusBooksSolano to 7 Twitter feeds I generate ideas with, with the picture I took of the books as well as the Pegasus Books' Solano bookmark, and hope it's not too early to have posted these - 

So glad my 2 #BooksOfPoetry are now available @ #PegasusBooksSolano - 1855 Solano Ave BerkeleyCA  
1) "#LightFloatSitWatsuVirtually" & 2) "#WindingRoadRainbow: Harbin, Wandering & the Poetry of #LovingBliss" by @scottmacleod both published by @WUaSPress -http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html ~




Here's how I'd reference them:  

MacLeod, Scott GK. 2021. Light, Float, Sit, Watsu ~ Virtually: Bodymind Electricity Sings to Me at Harbin Hot Springs & Other Traveling Poems. Berkeley, CA: The Press at World University and School.
(It looks like this is currently retailing for $9.95).


MacLeod, Scott GK. 2018. Winding Road Rainbow: Harbin, Wandering & the Poetry of Loving Bliss. Berkeley, CA: The Press at World University and School.
(It looks like this is currently retailing for $9.99).


You'll also find the ISBNs on the Academic Press at World University and School webpage - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html. Please remember that the Press at World University and School, where WUaS is building on MIT OCW in 7 languages to offer free online WUaS degrees from home - https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/translated-courses/ - seeks to develop further to translate books into all 7,159 known living languages.


And my large sociocultural anthropology book 

Naked Harbin Ethnography: Hippies, Warm Pools, Counterculture, Clothing-Optionality & Virtual Harbin (2016)
 
...  retails for 64.95, but currently is going for $53.69 at the printer and distributor of this for WUaS.


And my most recent book of poetry, and per this email thread - 

To the Dance or the Pools ~ Virtually?: How Different it is to Soak at Harbin than to Realize it in Virtual Reality (2021)

retails initially for $11.95 (at the printer and distributor of this for WUaS).


Thanks, Tim, for saying that Pegasus would just restock these books when & if they sell; and thanks Scott for saying Pegasus Books Solano also keeps them on the shelves for 2 months otherwise. How often since 1969 have you done authors' book readings and signings for poetry books since 1969?


I'll add this email too to my blog post for "To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually!" poetry books and my other poetry and sociocultural anthropology books (in my daily blog) on Sunday, March 22, 2026 beginning "Red Dahlia: To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually! ... - 

And please remember too that all 5 of these books, especially my first "Naked Harbin Ethnography" seeks to inform the building of a #RealisticVirtualHarbin #HotSprings (#Hashtags on #TwitterX, and #LinkedIN sometimes) and for soaking from our home bathtubs, even in a #WUaSMultimediaRoom for soaking in a #RealisticVirtualHarbin, and visiting too a #RealisticVirtualEarth. Have any of you ever visited Harbin Hot Springs about 2 hours northeast of Berkeley?


All the best, thanks, more later, 

Scott

Sunday, March 22, 2026
Red Dahlia: To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually! How different it is to soak at Harbin Hot Springs than to realize it in virtual reality (2019 book of poetry @WUaSPress ~ correspondence with a book group organizer about "To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually!") * * * and, s ~ correspondence ~ for a #BookParty ?)





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Thanks #DrDavidTaweiLee 
@LarryDiamond
#AdmiralJamesOEllisJr
for the #StanfordHooverInstitute
The #TaiwanRelationsAct at 47 -

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/taiwan-pleione-pleione-formosana.html




Thnx #DrDavidTaweiLee 
@LarryDiamond
#AdmJamesOEllisJr
for the edifying #Stanford
#TaiwanRelationsAct at 47 -
How will wiki @WorldUnivAndSch
w #MITOCW & #freeWUaSdegrees @ #TaiwanWUaS w 23 M - 






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Republic of China (Taiwan)


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Society, Information Technology, and the Global University, (forthcoming, Academic Press at World University and School, 2026) 

Scottish Small Piping album #2 - Honey Piobaireachd (2022)
- Poetry! Order Book #5 Light, Float, Sit, Watsu ~ Virtually (2021, Academic Press at WUaS)

Scottish Small Piping album #1 Honey in the Bag ~ Out of the Air tune (2020)


Order Book #3 Winding Road Rainbow: Harbin, Wandering & the Poetry of Loving Bliss (2018,  Academic Press at WUaS)

Order Book #2 Haiku-ish and Other Loving Hippie Harbin Poetry (2017,  Academic Press at WUaS) 

Order Actual-Virtual Ethnographic Book #1: Naked Harbin Ethnography (2016, Academic Press at World University and School)

- Scott GK MacLeod  
Founder, President, CEO & Professor
at / of best STEAM CC licensed OCW, Wiki, 
World University & School (WUaS)  
- USPS US Post Office, PO Box 132, General Delivery, Canyon, CA 94516 


1) non-profit 501(c)(3) Public Charity 
best STEAM CC licensed OCW, Wiki, 
World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org 

2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

(o) 415 480 4577 (Google voice #) - sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org 
(m) 412 478 0116 - sgkmacleod@gmail.com 


World Univ & Sch Innovation Research - 






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