Recovery from my mid-June bone marrow transplant is a 12-month process. There is no speeding up nature, and with the help of science, life becomes a miracle. As of late September I finally returned home to Martha's Vineyard. Besides sunrise beach walks with my dogs, I continue weekly hospital visits. Because my donor had a different blood type than mine, and it can take four to six months for my blood type to change, I continue to be anemic, have limited energy and most weeks continue to receive red blood transfusions (which makes breathing easier). Cooking has always been an important balance for my sanity. Recently I made my first kohlrabi noodle dish. You just need a spiralizer. There are many recipes on line. I used one as a jumping off point adding assorted freshly roasted vegetables, homemade carrot-top pesto, fontina cheese, garlic, olive oil, a couple tablespoons nut-milk and salt.​​