Mon, Nov 23 2009
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Well, I’m proud to be... ‘True’ or ‘transplanted,’ Okies celebrate Muskogee Still working That love began even before she could read.
“My mom was a great storyteller,” Beaver said. “She would tell us stories about when my dad was in the war, about when she was a little girl in Arkansas.” That led to Beaver exploring the great stories on her own when she learned to read. She devoured the classics, such as “Little Women” and “Black Beauty.” “Really, I majored in English because I loved literature,” she said.
Experiences more precious than possessions Beaver collects old books and hotel flatware, but she’s not really a material girl. “A friend passed this along to me recently: ‘I’m not really big on acquisitions, I have everything I need,’” Beaver said. She has taken that to heart and collects experiences, not things. That is why she has enjoyed traveling to Europe and especially Great Britain, where she got to see many of the things she has read about all her life. She still enjoys the books and flatware though. “My favorite part about old books is that many of them are dated and inscribed, and I do like to cook for my friends and set the table with flatware marked from all those different hotels,” she said. Technology appreciated but handwritten work crucial Beaver remembers the strict rules of grammar she learned in high school — such as, little humans are always children, never kids — kids are baby goats. 
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