At 2 p.m., when everyone is resting from the morning work of picking luna stones, Mang Mario Islao continues to meticulously search the shores of Brgy. Barrientos Luna, La Union for faded colored stones under the blinding heat of the sun.

BY JAHRYLL GONATO/NORDIS
Contributed to Bulatlat
Vol. VII, No. 50, January 27-February 2, 2008