Susan Pellowe is a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedd – that is, she has been honored by the Council of Bards for her services to Cornwall, specifically for her dedication to preserving and promoting Cornish culture. She is one of the few Americans so honored. Her father came from the ancient borough of Penryn and Sue, having spent considerable time in Cornwall over the past 35 years, maintains strong ties with friends and projects there. She has published articles about Cornwall and a delightful heritage cookbook, Saffron & Currants, now in its second edition. She promotes Cornish film and theatre, music and art.
A Methodist historian, she presented an anecdotal history for the United Methodist Church's 2002 Jurisdictional Conference in northern Michigan on the influence of the 80+ Cornish Methodists who came to that state to become Methodist ministers. She is also working on a book of Cornish stories, some of which come from her popular storytelling program, My Cornish Cupboard.
Susan and fellow Cornish-American Jim Wearne are co-founders of the Illinois Cornish Society. They both also regularly perform at the biannual Gatherings of the Cornish American Heritage Society. In 1996 she was made a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedd for her services to Cornwall. She is very pleased to have had her Cornish name featured in the April/May 2010 issue of of cornishworld magazine [now myCornwall].
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