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ysabetwordsmithThese are the Clan Aspen character notes for "A Place That Makes You Happy."
Clan Aspen consists of:
4 Elders
1 Graft
8 Branches (4 adults and 4 kids)
5 Twigs (3 adults and 2 kids plus 1 on the way)
Total: 18 plus 1 on the way
After marriage with the Pans: 18 (+1) + 25 = 43 (+1)
Clan Aspen Elders
The elders shared the master bedroom. They used the flex room as a guest room. They had six children, but only one son and one daughter turned out polyamorous.
The redhead is a Nurse Educator. The man next to her is a retired pharmacist. The other two are college professors in philosophy (white-haired woman) and engineering (balding man). During summer vacation, she writes romances for BiblioThecla.
The average salary for a clinical nurse educator is $71,021 per year in South Carolina and $13,125 overtime per year.
Senior clinical pharmacist
National average salary: $136,971 per year
Faculty salaries
Philosophy (2 submissions) $76k -- white-haired woman
Engineering (1 submission) $170k -- balding man
Clan Aspen Branches
The man in the olive shirt is the son of the white-haired woman above.
All four of the adults work in park service, but they rotate so that one of them always stays home with the kids. The black man is also a nature artist with a particular penchant for illustrating people of color enjoying the great outdoors; he sells art to Anthracite and other African-American magazines. The parents shared one of the three clustered bedrooms, the boys a second, and the girls a third.
Park Ranger Salary in South Carolina
Young workers probably earn toward the lower end.
Range $19,352-$57,585
Average $39,434/year $19/hour
Clan Aspen Twigs
The blonde woman is the daughter of the elder redhead above. She is pregnant with a son, so the 2-bedroom wing of their old house will no longer be big enough for their grove.
The redhead is currently a stay-at-home mom, and will get a job as a Montessori teacher after the next baby is born, probably starting in the fall. She grew up in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The blonde had her daughter after getting her bachelor's degree in Nursing and stayed home until the redhead's baby was born. The blonde is currently pregnant and expects to give birth just after completing her master's degree in Nursing, when she will stay at home to watch the kids. Their husband works in park service.
The three of them have a folk band, Norman and the Nature Lovers. Norman plays lead guitar (acoustic) while the girls play other instruments. Sometimes they are joined by the other park workers.
Montessori Salary in South Carolina
$16,520- $47,673
$34,465/year $17/hour
Master of Science - Nursing Salary in South Carolina
Young workers probably earn toward the lower end.
Range $14,160-$138,770
Average $87,739/year $42/hour
Park Ranger Salary in South Carolina
Young workers probably earn toward the lower end.
Range $19,352-$57,585
Average $39,434/year $19/hour
Clan Aspen Graft Aster
This nonbinary person joined Clan Aspen as an abandoned teen. Aster is aromantic asexual but very tractive, and enjoys having a house full of kids. Thon slept in the basement bedroom, taking care of the children in the rec room and theater. Thon is a poet in the surrealist and Dadaist genres, but publishes more for fun than for profit.
Clan Aspen consists of:
4 Elders
1 Graft
8 Branches (4 adults and 4 kids)
5 Twigs (3 adults and 2 kids plus 1 on the way)
Total: 18 plus 1 on the way
After marriage with the Pans: 18 (+1) + 25 = 43 (+1)
Clan Aspen Elders
The elders shared the master bedroom. They used the flex room as a guest room. They had six children, but only one son and one daughter turned out polyamorous.
The redhead is a Nurse Educator. The man next to her is a retired pharmacist. The other two are college professors in philosophy (white-haired woman) and engineering (balding man). During summer vacation, she writes romances for BiblioThecla.
The average salary for a clinical nurse educator is $71,021 per year in South Carolina and $13,125 overtime per year.
Senior clinical pharmacist
National average salary: $136,971 per year
Faculty salaries
Philosophy (2 submissions) $76k -- white-haired woman
Engineering (1 submission) $170k -- balding man
Clan Aspen Branches
The man in the olive shirt is the son of the white-haired woman above.
All four of the adults work in park service, but they rotate so that one of them always stays home with the kids. The black man is also a nature artist with a particular penchant for illustrating people of color enjoying the great outdoors; he sells art to Anthracite and other African-American magazines. The parents shared one of the three clustered bedrooms, the boys a second, and the girls a third.
Park Ranger Salary in South Carolina
Young workers probably earn toward the lower end.
Range $19,352-$57,585
Average $39,434/year $19/hour
Clan Aspen Twigs
The blonde woman is the daughter of the elder redhead above. She is pregnant with a son, so the 2-bedroom wing of their old house will no longer be big enough for their grove.
The redhead is currently a stay-at-home mom, and will get a job as a Montessori teacher after the next baby is born, probably starting in the fall. She grew up in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The blonde had her daughter after getting her bachelor's degree in Nursing and stayed home until the redhead's baby was born. The blonde is currently pregnant and expects to give birth just after completing her master's degree in Nursing, when she will stay at home to watch the kids. Their husband works in park service.
The three of them have a folk band, Norman and the Nature Lovers. Norman plays lead guitar (acoustic) while the girls play other instruments. Sometimes they are joined by the other park workers.
Montessori Salary in South Carolina
$16,520- $47,673
$34,465/year $17/hour
Master of Science - Nursing Salary in South Carolina
Young workers probably earn toward the lower end.
Range $14,160-$138,770
Average $87,739/year $42/hour
Park Ranger Salary in South Carolina
Young workers probably earn toward the lower end.
Range $19,352-$57,585
Average $39,434/year $19/hour
Clan Aspen Graft Aster
This nonbinary person joined Clan Aspen as an abandoned teen. Aster is aromantic asexual but very tractive, and enjoys having a house full of kids. Thon slept in the basement bedroom, taking care of the children in the rec room and theater. Thon is a poet in the surrealist and Dadaist genres, but publishes more for fun than for profit.
