What the heck is a distaff?

What the heck is a distaff?

Wool and mohair yarn (© Jurate Buiviene/Alamy)

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Today in History

Jan. 7, 2024Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve, Australia
Jan. 7, 2025Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
Jan. 7, 2026Old Rock Day

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May 12, 2024Mothers Day
Chasing summer in the art world
Mar. 24, 2025African elephants in Namibia
Nov. 29, 2025Red deer stag in De Hoge Veluwe National Park, Netherlands
Mar. 11, 2025Broken Beach in Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia
Sep. 6, 2024Glenariff Forest Park, Northern Ireland, UK
Postcard from Italy
Oct. 16, 2023Golden larches and Prusik Peak, Enchantments, Washington
Apr. 6, 2025Yellow warbler
Oct. 17, 2023Vieste, Apulia, Italy
Southern tip of a northern isle
Mar. 14, 2024Happy Pi Day!
Something to ‘bee’ thankful for
May 2, 2024Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA
Nov. 17, 2025Red fox
Sep. 7, 2024Annas hummingbird
Apr. 21, 2024Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA
Jan. 17, 2024Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany
Positively purple peaks
Feb. 27, 2024International Polar Bear Day
So fresh, so clean
The ‘Old Bridge,’ reborn
Apr. 14, 2024Bowling Ball Beach, California, USA
Sep. 15, 2023Glenariff Forest Park, County Antrim, Ireland
Stepping back in time
Aug. 13, 2025Corona Arch near Moab, Utah, United States
Dec. 30, 2023Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
Stealthy pollinators
Oct. 18, 2023Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Dec. 3, 2023Vermilion Cliffs National Monument