Edwina

Two memories:

1. Going grocery shopping with my mother, and her giving me a quarter at the end to get a gum ball or a toy or a fake tattoo from one of the machines near the exit; choosing the one with Bart Simpson on it; getting something, can’t remember what, wrapped in Simpsons trivia. Q: What is the name of Bart’s teacher? A: Edna Crabapple. Thinking this was the funniest name ever. I must have only recently learned to read. 
2. Acquiring two hand-me-down stuffed animals: two dogs. The big one we named Harvey, because its previous owner loved rabbits. The little one, we decided, was his wife—but what could her name possibly be? Didn’t Bart Simpson’s teacher have a funny name? A real mouthful? Ed-something. Something-na. Edwina, that was it.