The author Carole Dale vividly remembers standing alone on the toes of India in Cochin on the edge of the Indian Ocean. The night was so blue-black dark, and the stars felt so clos...view moreThe author Carole Dale vividly remembers standing alone on the toes of India in Cochin on the edge of the Indian Ocean. The night was so blue-black dark, and the stars felt so close as they playfully danced around her. It was such an intimate moment with the universe — she felt she was the only person in the world standing on this little pearl of a planet we call earth.view less