How to Attract Birds to Your Garden

In this most isolated of springs, birds have kept me company. I’ve watched their mating games and turf wars, listened to their serenades and tagged along as they shopped for just the right piece of garden real estate (as long as I was very quiet; no kibitzing, Margaret). Some even let me meet their newborns…

It’s Time for French Fries

Good morning. Is sourdough still trending, people all over the place nurturing starters, putting them to use in boules and baguettes, in pancakes and waffles? It sure seems that way, from the mail that I get. I think it’s because so many of us are still at home a lot, still working from the desk…

Honduran President Tests Positive

This briefing has ended. Read live coronavirus updates here. Here’s what you need to know: ImagePresident Juan Orlando Hernández of Honduras, center, addressing the the nation on the pandemic from the presidential palace in Tegucigalpa last month.Credit…Honduran Presidency, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The president of Honduras has tested positive for the coronavirus. Juan…

Travel Insurance: Is It Worth It?

Through the travel insurance broker InsureMyTrip.com, Suzanne Tow of New York City paid $270 to cover a $5,000 trip in May to Yosemite National Park. When the tour was canceled, Ms. Tow filed a claim with her insurer, and discovered, like so many other travelers, that travel insurance doesn’t cover cancellations because of a pandemic.…