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Welcome to Donnaville

They say it’s not where you are, but who you’re with. Nobody embodies that more than Donna Armento, whose whole frame of reference I’ve come to call Donnaville.

I apply Donnaville especially to Deltaville, Virginia, where, the first time I met her, I’d anchored and needed to borrow a car. Unfortunately, with an expired license and a destination beyond the marina’s guest car limits, I was low on options. That’s when Donna offered me a

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