This week’s Angelus News column is about Georgia folk artist Nellie Mae Rowe, her vibrant drawings, installations, sculptures, and paintings, and the phantasmagorical “playhouse” she created from, in, and around her modest bungalow.

The link leads to a guided tour of the current exhibit at the California African American Museum called Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe.

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–From Iris Irigo’s Images and Shadows: Part of a Life

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FINALLY, THIS WEEK’S YOUTUBE VIDEO: WHY DOES GOD TAKE SO LONG TO ANSWER OUR PRAYERS? (If He answers them at all, ha ha). The post WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 1, 2025: THE JOYS OF ROAD TRIPS, AGING, AND THE LORD TAKING HIS OWN SWEET TIME first appeared on HEATHER KING.