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About This Blog
- Lilibet.
- Los Angeles, CA
- Essays, outbursts and observations (often scribbled on tiny little torn out pieces of paper) and yes, sure, actual, real, published work (which you need to click on to make big enough to read, Mom) from a freelance writer named Lilibet who lives in Los Angeles.
