It's a Mushroom-Barley casserole sort of day....

Actually, I've hardly been in the mood to cook or eat, even, and I don't know why. I did make a fairly experimental beef stew, my first ever, but I don't have anything useful to say about it except, I wish I'd done it in a crockpot. I've been eating gingersnaps, peanut butter, snowy owls, hot bacon-cheese dip, and a great deal of water with my warm wine.