Blank analog watches

E.g. Mario Botta's single-handed watch.

Plainchant

It is free of instruments, meter, or polyphony. One can learn Gregorian chant by the Solesmes method.

Plant cloning

This works for many plants: cut a small branch, put it in water until little roots begin to sprout, then plant it. Copy complete.

Junkbusters

An organization which helps consumers reduce unwanted junk mail, junk email, and telemarketing calls.

Im Lauf der Zeit

Directed by Wim Wenders. A slow, hypnotic story of two men traveling back-roads by truck.

Déodat de Séverac

Loved nature, and wrote sunny, picturesque piano music. Suggested listening: En Vacances.

пустынь

Poustinia in English. A small, sparsely furnished cabin for solitary retreats.

Fixed gear bike

Just a frame, wheels, and a chain.

The Twelve Seasons

A book by Joseph Wood Krutch about people's relation to non-anthropomorphic nature.

Dick Proenneke

A survivalist so skilled he creates his own tools and a snug cabin in Alaska. He filmed himself for the documentary Alone in the Wilderness.

Federico Mompou

He wrote delicate, meditative piano music. Suggested listening: Musica Callada.

Récoltes et Semailles

The autobiography of mathematician Alexander Grothendieck. He describes the simplicity and poetry of modern abstract math. There is no complete English translation yet.

Cheap. Fast. Good!

A cookbook by Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross. Its title is accurate.

Ryōkan Taigu

A buddhist monk who left the monastery to live in a hut outside of town. He wrote poems about his daily life.

The thief left it behind:
the moon
at my window

Into Great Silence

A three-hour, mostly wordless documentary by Philip Gröning about the Carthusian monks. They live closely with wood, stone, cloth, and the seasons.

Erik Satie

A composer of understated gentle piano music. Suggested listening: Cinq Nocturnes.