New Mexico fillies and mares are featured this weekend in the $50,000 Vista Distaff Stakes for three-year-olds and up on ...

Throughout history, most spinners have also used a simple device called a distaff. A distaff is a wooden board, sometimes plain but often intricately carved, to which the raw material is tied, and ...

On Thursday, May 8, DISTAFF (Discussion, Interpretation, and Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics, and Fashion) will hold an exhibition of members' work, open to view for all attendees of the 60th ...

An informative exploration of Distaff Day’s origins, traditions, and cultural significance, shedding light on this lesser-known historical celebration.

Examining some issues related to the tender sex. THE distaff side? A distaff is a stick or spindle that was used in the past for holding wool or flax which was to be spun by hand; and spinning was ...

Exploring historic textiles, sustainable fashion, and the fiber arts through spinning, weaving, sewing, and yarn crafting. Here you'll find whimsical projects galore with some history bounding and ...

ROBERT S. RICHARDSON has an article with the above title in Leaflet 181 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, which shows the important part played by Women in the advancement of science.

Owner-trainer Mark Freeman has been a fan of thoroughbred horse racing since he was a boy growing up in Ontario. Little did he know he would develop a strong passion and become heavily involved in ...

What they wanted to hear was how tough it all had been, and no one told them more relentlessly than Author Buck, who, in her 32 novels and obsessive memoir writing, has ennobled the distaff drudge ...