puka-shell necklace

"I still have my original puka-shell necklace," Ms. Hand, a society photographer in Houston, confided.

Samantha, a hipster with her black T-shirt, jeans, boots, a nose stud and puka-shell necklace, is proof that science rewards hard work as much as inspiration.

An old man stood in the doorway, wearing only a baggy pair of white boxer shorts, a red silk scarf around his neck, and a long puka-shell necklace that rested on a hairless chest.

To Ms. Hamilton's teammates, who wear two-toned glue-on fingernails and puka-shell necklaces, becoming professional, while admittedly a dreamy prospect, is less important than the role surfing plays in their lives day to day, especially on this small island where the one bowling alley and two movie theaters are at least an hour away.