Or Croatian-American or Irish-American either. This post is part of a series called The Portal about the ways that my life and practice of herbal medicine has gotten more culturally grounded since traveling to Italy in 2024. Prequel: Where Bones Belong to the Earth Prologue: Everything Makes Sense Now Part 1: The Portal: An Introduction Plantcestor: My Friend Fennel Plantcestor: Queen Anne’s Lace Part 2: Never Felt Italian-American Enough (below) (Want this post read to you?