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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Jan. 5, 2025Plum-headed parakeet
What are these predators doing?
A blue-tiful island
Jul. 12, 2025Thomsons gazelles, Maasai Mara, Kenya
‘Night shining’ clouds
Apr. 17, 2025Andean cocks-of-the-rock, Ecuador
Nov. 18, 2023Polar bear season in Manitoba
Jun. 27, 2025Splendid leaf frog
Amber waves of grain
Jun. 3, 2025World Bicycle Day
This museum sets the prairie on fire
Jellies in a world of their own
Aug. 1, 2025Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Feb. 11, 2025Yungang Grottoes, Datong, China
Apr. 8, 2024Total solar eclipse
Owl be seeing you ... somewhere!
Flying the flag for Pride
Mar. 2, 2025Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains National Park, NSW, Australia
Jun. 13, 2025Canadian Grand Prix 2025
Aug. 5, 2024Lavender field, Hertfordshire, England
American Red Cross pioneers
Willamette National Forest, Oregon
Oct. 3, 2024Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
This clever bird passes with flying colours
Jan. 24, 2025Thorrablot: The Icelandic midwinter festival
Feb. 26, 2025Castle Stalker, Argyll, Scotland
Dec. 31, 2023Happy New Years Eve!
Apr. 10, 2026Siblings Day