Genre Of Stubby

12/27/2025

Christmas art for this year.

10/01/2025

Check out what joe has to say about my new book!
Red Sunflower - a Carmen Cox Adventure
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On Amazon!

Check out Sifu Stubby Webb’s video.

09/14/2025

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redsunflowercarmen/red-sunflower-a-carmen-cox-adventure

Its happening!

Publishing and Promotional Fund

03/25/2025

09/06/2024

If you would like artwork done for the holidays, NOW is the time to get me started. Portraits, pet portraits, wood burns, commissions, and so much more!
Latest cutie i painted.

06/10/2024

felt good to get out and do some photos. need to practice some more.

02/09/2024

Lucas needed to be worked. These kids need to work on basic front kick.
Its a hard kick to get. But what im showing them is to be able to accurately aim low. Ever nailed your leg on a hitch? Hurts.
You can hit that low, even if you cant kick higher, you are going to cause some damage to the lower leg. or top of foot.
Lucas as a small hit pad in his mouth. It protects his nose and mouth from the ball coming at him. This is a game he created. We call it Pass It. So he hits the ball with the object in his mouth and passes it back. He LOVES this game.
There is so many ways to practice your basics, your techniques with every day things. Learning the basics is important, but being creative with them, that what makes it an art form.
It was an amazing class tonight.

12/05/2023

Genre Of Stubby

SketchBox

Im full of energy today! Its been a very long and successful few weeks and im full of s***k! Hope you enjoy! Happy Stubbymas!

10/02/2023

The beauty of homeschooling? The parents get to engage in the learning process just as much as the children! 🤓

10/02/2023

Not Messing with Stuff – The Ten Precepts

Hello. We had a good group in the zendo for zazen but few on Zoom. I hope you all had a fine sit, though you weren’t with us. Doing zazen is always a good thing.

Today we considered the last ten of the Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts. These are not killing, not stealing, not misusing sexuality, not lying, not giving or taking intoxicants, not discussing others’ faults, not putting ourselves forward and downplaying others’ strengths, not being stingy, not indulging anger, and not disparaging the Three Treasures.

We can understand more about how to approach the observance of these if we realize that they’re all about not manipulating the world to suit ourselves. They remind us that the world does not belong to us. It was not put out there for our personal comfort and pleasure, nor are we entitled to anything from it. On the other hand, this universe supports our life and we are an integral part of its ongoing function. Though we are not entitled to anything, it still gives us what we need.

We know this but, being human, we forget. We want life to be a little nicer for us, so we try to change things to get more of what we want. In the process, we get attached to what we want and forget that the world is not about us. We suffer when things don’t go the way we want, and we try harder. Ultimately, we start breaking things. We tell a lie or two to make ourselves look better, point out someone else’s weakness so they’ll not get the job we want. In the process we damage ourselves and the world. The ten precepts are there to remind us, telling us that the way out of suffering is to stop manipulating and work with reality as it is.

You, know, we can reframe the precepts to help us remember — We honor and foster life instead of killing. Rather than not lying, we express clarity. Not stealing, we honor others’ need for wellbeing. We keep our commitments in loving relationships. We foster clarity and groundedness rather than taking intoxicants. Instead of putting others down, we emphasize their strengths. Rather than blowing our own horn, we cultivate clear understanding of our strengths and weaknesses. We give freely of both dharma and material goods to those who ask. We notice our anger and don’t allow it to control us. Finally, we live in a way that honors buddha, dharma, and sangha.

Let’s live a life of remembering not to mess with stuff just because we want it to be different by remembering to honor and care for all beings.

Photo – Kannon floating on a lotus petal. Detail from a Japanese woodcut – artist unknown.

07/27/2023

07/14/2023