Those of Scottish heritage may know that last Monday, Jan. 25, was Burns Night, the celebration of 18th century Scottish poet and bard Robert Burns, whose most well-known ode is “Auld Lang Syne.”
Burns also wrote a poem in 1785 titled “To a Mouse” after he accidently upended a field mouse’s nest with a plow. Hence the saying, as we hear it today, “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” Steinbeck…