Dr. Robert Maunder

Multi-hued duck with pink beak and on long-brown tail grey water

Such a grey sunless day, but elegant long-tailed ducks still look great 🪶

Bob Maunder (@bobmaunder) From the first of a series on life, death, and meaning, from the corridors of a hospital.

From the first of a series on life, death, and meaning from the corridors of a hospital. substack.com/@bobmaunder/...

Carol's Boulder Finding Meaning Despite Suffering

“We humans are witnesses to each other’s suffering and celebration. Helping when we can… through our solace and support, or through our mere persistence in being present is how we defy life’s absurdity. This is how we fill our lives with meaning.”

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Carol's Boulder Finding Meaning Despite Suffering

The first substack in a new series: Finding Meaning in Illness and Healing

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Male and female ducks with long tails and multi-hued brown and white heads and bodies on water

We saw our first long tails of this winter, down from the Arctic. Pictures didn’t turn out at all so here are two from same place on Lake Ontario last December. 🪶

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now

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Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here’s why How can time feel so obvious, so woven into the fabric of our experience and yet, for thousands of years, remain the bane of every thinker who has tried to explain it?

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CMA stands up for patients and opposes politicians interfering with gender affirming care

Green-winged teal gives a flap as snow starts to fall.

Green wing teal gives a flap as snow starts to fall 🪶

Looking forward to seeing cover art. In the meantime, Coping: Fix Problems, Find Meaning, Feel Better, due out in 2026, is now listed for pre-sale on Amazon #writersky

Tshirt that has a silhouette of Neil Young’s face and a logo that says NY80 and Massey Hall

I was in doing outreach psychiatry in Northern Ontario this week (thanks for having me Weeneebayko) so missed my birthday present Neil Young celebration concert - but family got the T-shirt for me and a dozen video clips - looks like it was amazing #masseyhall

Our #coping book will be released in 2026. The catalogue notices have started to appear - so getting real. share.google/0dS5irpgxKij...

Toronto Concert History: 60 years ago today - November 9, 1965 (2nd night of Nov 8 also listed) - James Brown plays The Mimicombo Roller Rink. Apparently 1st Toronto area show/s. This "Roller Rink" at 2487 Lakeshore West had a bowling alley and roller rink/dance hall.

Bird flaps its wings while rising from water.Brown and green head. Flash of green feathers at back of grey wings.

Green-winged teal today. Beautiful sunny day at McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve in Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦 🪶

Blue jay with crown showing sits on branch

Go Jays! 🪶🪶

Vladimir Guerrero Jr arriving at the stadium in a Marie-Philip Poulin jersey
(courtesy Toronto Blue Jays)

Haven’t seen one of these guys since 2022

Black bird with rusty speckled head sits on branch

Rusty blackbird #🪶 today near Lake Ontario

Two old guys at a celebration pose for a photo. One does “bunny ears” behind the other’s head

Celebrating 35 years service at my hospital with the “deep respect” of my peers

Small duck with brown, mottled grey and solid grey feathers on pond

American Wigeon with Mallard for scale 🪶

Shorebird wades on reflective water with shades of green and orange reflected

Greater Yellowlegs and autumn reflections 🪶

Small grey bird on branch. Blurry background is green, yellow, brown and orange.

Eastern Phoebe in autumn pond colour collage 🪶

Squat bird with long beak and tufted head perched on a branch, overcast background.

Kingfisher on the lookout 🪶

Thanks for sharing that with me

#notabranch 🪶

I am preparing to pitch a book I have been working on for three years. There are few things in my experience that make one feel as exposed as pitching a labour of love. #writing

Duck on water. The duck is small with a red eye, white circle around eye, and a couple of right blue feathers in tail - otherwise brown and grey. Little green leaves float on water.

A wood duck in the duckweed 🪶

White and brown raptor perched on thick branch

Red-tailed hawk today. Looks young, maybe? 🪶

Bird of prey in flight, wings spread, white underbelly, white on head

Osprey scanning Lake Ontario for lunch 🪶