Daja Wangchuk Meston was left by his hippie parents at a Tibetan monestary in Nepal in the early 1970s. He made his way back to America and graduated from Brandeis University. He now lives in Boston with his wife, Phuni. They recently opened a boutique, Karma, in Newton Centre. Visit Daja Wangchuk Meston's blog.

Clare Ansberry lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and two children. She is bureau chief there for The Wall Street Journal and is the author of The Women of Troy Hill.