Principal Characters

Danny: Married and the Mother of two (had her first child at 41) is a former genetics counselor and recently started her own aerobics business. Lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Jeff: Father of two, divorced from Cathy, works as a writer (Forest Blood) and radio talk show host in Ashland, Oregon.

Cathy: Mother of two, divorced from Jeff, is the mayor (now former mayor) of Ashland Oregon. She remarries a guy named Rick towards the end of the film.

Barry: Father of three, director of a small town psychiatric hospital, mayor (who loses his re-election bid) of Placerville, California, gets and is treated for testicular cancer. Turns fifty.

Jim: No children, still a river guide (except for a brief period when he considered becoming a dentist). He works on the Colorado River, lives his winters near a trailer in Coloma, California. Takes the length of the film to pour a slab for his “gardener’s cottage.” Danny was his summer girlfriend in the 70’s.