Message from Gail Sharp

April 2025

Sometimes I struggle with "Am I enough?" Is my life too simple? Do I work hard enough? Give enough…volunteer enough…care enough…exercise enough? When my life is nearing its end, will I be satisfied with what I've done "with my wild and precious life"?

I do volunteer work with my Rotary group and participate with community non-profits and fundraising events. (Never at night, tho'. You can't get me out of my ranch after dark.) I see friends daily and check in at TallGrass consistently, but I'm not working as hard as I used to. I witness others seemingly doing more and being busier, especially with family activities, and I wonder if I'm missing out and if the universe is disappointed in me. Yet, I am filled with gratitude and joy every day.

Of course, I'm concerned about what's happening in the world and our country, but if I break it down to staying focused on the day, I'm usually at peace. Perhaps that's what aging does as we become more satisfied with smaller, simpler things. Take today. A TallGrass guest is coming to the ranch with her children to walk the goats with me. Simple. Lovely.

And, I'm not taking the perfect season of spring for granted. There may be a bit of wet snow on the ground and it might be 31 degrees, but it's lighter in the mornings and there's more daylight in the evenings, too! My little crocuses were pushing through snow by my back door this morning. Oh, JOY!

I hope that today and every day you may feel "enough." And, if you have a tired, stressed-out, wondering-if-you're-enough moment, come up and spend time in our valley. It's a sure cure. Happy Spring!

Gail Sharp is the owner of TallGrass Spa and Salon. Email her at sharpgail@aol.com .

Spring Seasonal Services

Hydration is the goal for springtime services. Also…healing, toning, refreshing, and youthful-appearing…will get you hopping into spring.

Stone Crop Mani and Pedi features the earthy, clean-scented Eminence Organics Stone Crop line, a favorite for hydrating, healing, and minimizing hyper pigmentation. Your treatment begins with a stone crop salt and sugar scrub, followed by stone crop body oil and body lotion foot and hand massages, and for the finale a stone crop mask while wrapped in warm slippers and/or gloves. Our springtime mani and pedi can be booked separately or together.

Spring Equinox Body Treatment releases winter toxins, helps improve digestion, and tones the body. Your service includes an herbal mud masque applied to the abdomen, thighs, and back followed by lymphatic cupping and contouring. Then, a sculpting and flushing of remaining toxins and an application of Eminence Monoi Body Cream helps firm and tighten. The look of healthy skin is renewed and you'll feel lighter, better toned, and more hydrated.

Vitamin "Sea" Facial is a combination of citrus and sea designed to increase firmness and provide long-lasting hydration. Your service begins by toning and refreshing with Eminence's Mangosteen Daily Resurfacing Cleanser, Pineapple Refining Tonique, and vitamin C-packed Citrus and Kale Potent C+E Masque. The appearance of fine lines and wrinkles is diminished as your skin soaks in unique algae extracts from Marine Flower Peptide Serum, eye cream, and moisturizer. This springtime service gives your skin a smoother, plumper, and more youthful appearance.

April Products of the Month
Eminence Stone Crop

Eminence Stone Crop products are designed to promote healthy and hydrated skin, from head to toe. This month we're featuring the entire collection including gel wash, hydrating mist, oxygenating fizzofoliant, cleansing oil, whip moisturizer, body lotion, revitalizing body scrub, body oil, and contouring body cream.

Enjoy your favorite firming, moisturizing, toning Stone Crop product – and maybe find a new favorite, too – at 20% savings in April.

Available for Adoption

Brookie
Labrador Retriever / American Staffordshire Terrier, female, 60 lbs, 2-1/2 yrs

Brookie is the house hippo who just loves to cuddle with everyone. She plays with her foster siblings, is gentle with a 3-month-old puppy, and loves her toys. She isn't a barker but she likes to whine, growl and use other sounds to instigate play. She loves to run and play right now but she might have a hip issue that could slow her down as she gets older. So, she's maybe not a 14er climbing partner, but she will be a wonderful hiking-traveling pal.

Available for adoption at Evergreen Animal Protective League
www . EAPL . com

Note: Your visit to TallGrass is a chance to unwind and disconnect. Keep in mind that cell service and WiFi are unreliable here. Also, GPS reception could become blocked and navigation can be lost.