After graduating and moving out, she spent a few years taking work wherever she could find it, singing back-up vocals, jingles, and making demo tapes.

These years ended when she rented a place on Gypsy Alley (off Canyon Road in Santa Fe), won a goldfish at a country fair, and got her dog, Bebe, who is mentioned many times in her songs.

The change was marked by contrasts: between her home in Santa Fe and Chesky's home in New York City, between her analog acoustic music and the high-tech equipment at Chesky, and between her dream of fame and wealth and the reality of the record industry.

[1] On her last tour through Germany under the Chesky contract, the owner of the German label Stockfisch Records, Günter Pauler, was called to be her sound specialist.

He gave her a tour of his studio and offered her a contract and the prospect of having guitarist Chris Jones as a guest musician.

In a note to her fans on her label's website, she stated, "After many years on the road and writing music, I've decided to stop touring and recording.

"[4] In 2015, Stockfisch published a live album called Horse I Used to Ride based on the recording of a solo concert in Sülbeck, Germany, on April 6, 2001.

Out of habit, Günter Pauler, head of Stockfisch, had brought his mobile recording equipment to this concert.