I don’t put much stock in horoscopes but a few things amuse me. I’m a Capricorn – that’s the mountain goat – and we’re supposedly stubborn and ambitious. We’re climbers, and though I know that’s meant to be figurative, I like to take it literally, especially when I’m above the tree line.

I am slow and out of shape, so I was a bit out of breath while we walked back to the chairlift that takes you to the top of Whistler Mountain.… continued…