Bahalla is a former junkyard dismantling shop on three acres that mostly runs itself.

Mostly.

On a cold Saturday morning, my heater screams and the computer gets judgmental. Then the cat sabotages the electronics bench, and nothing I was supposed to do actually gets done.

There's a difference between a clean space and a useful one, between clutter and capacity.

This is about the other kind.

Season 1, Episode 10. Season finale.

This final episode closes the road stories of Season One and turns inward.

Before there were long drives north, cold coastlines, and strangers holding doors open, there was a dorm room at Western Michigan University, an unplanned interruption, and a moment that quietly changed the direction of a life.

This is the story of how I met Martha, who we now call Poppins. Not as a guest. Not as a punchline. As the person who made space when I did not know how to stay.

Season Two will include more than one voice.

This episode explains why.

Written by Chuck Hayden. Read by Poppins and Chuck.

Season 1, Episode 9

A Thanksgiving escape turns into a long winter push across Quebec and Labrador — bad coffee, hard cold, ferries, snow, and the unexpected kindness of strangers.

This is a field-tape episode about what happens when you get far enough out that you can’t perform competence anymore… and someone lets you in anyway.

Next episode: the Season One finale.