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Spokescat Tally here:
Don't you want me to have a nice, luscious plant to sneak around in this summer? AND, did you know that you can get a jumpstart on your garden NOW with Carbon Valley's upcoming Jumpstart Your Winter Garden With Winter Sowing?
highplains.libcal.com/event/15677442
February 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Spokescat Sir Kookertins here:
You might've notice that City of Greeley Museums, including Centennial Village, vanished from our Experience Pass service ( www.mylibrary.us/epass/). This is good news! They're no longer listed because City of Greeley Museums are FREE in 2026!
So give 'em a visit!
February 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Alright, you've waited long enough for the unveiling of the top album of 2025 at HPLD!
You voted with your library cards, and it looks like The Wicked Soundtrack is the top album checkout of 2025!
February 7, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Spokescat Myles here:
Happy to report that HPLD has once again won the Government Finance Officers Association Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting!
February 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Need a hint to help you guess the most-checked-out album at HPLD in 2025? Well, here are the most popular albums, numbers 2-10 to get you thinking.
February 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Coming up Friday the 13th, Beam Signing at the future location of the new Mead Library! Come be a part of history, have your name in the rafters of a brand new library! 2720 Stage Coach Drive in Mead, 3 PM. Practice up that autograph, and we'll see you there!
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Spokescat Batcat here:
I'm SO cute that I'm in charge of telling you that your HPLD2Go app is probably going to request an update today, and when it does, you'll have to re-enter your library barcode number. I know, annoying. But don't think about that, just look at my FACE!
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Guessing game time?
Guess which album got the most checkouts at HPLD in 2025?
We'll get some hints later in the week, but if you want to take a "Shot in the Dark" as Ozzy might put it in his finest song (don't come at me, it's just fact), do it!
February 4, 2026 at 1:58 AM
As promised, we donated $2 dollars to Noco Humane for every Spokescat we got in the first week, and, what the hey, we let in a few stragglers, too. Which ended up being 188 Spokescats, and for the mathematically disinterested, $376 dollars!
February 2, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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Made a little weird books for weird readers post featuring:

Mona Awad
@keithrosson.bsky.social
@thomasha.bsky.social
@nadiabulkin.bsky.social
@hironennes.bsky.social
Nathan Ballingrud
@kristinaten.bsky.social
And some other guy :)
February 2, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Spokescat Lacee here:
Doesn't my little face inspire you? Maybe to write a little something, a journal entry or a poem? Lucky for you, Erie has an upcoming event, Everyday Stories: Poetry and Journaling Workshop with writer and educator Brenda Kahn! highplains.libcal.com/event/15960114
February 1, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Spokescat Kevin here:
If you're in grades 6 to 12 and wanna make a special gift for, you know, your Valentine, who might be, I don't know, a cat with a perfectly outlined nose, come to Farr Library Wed. Feb. 4 and make a no-sew heart pillow! highplains.libcal.com/event/15968598
January 31, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Spokescat Dude here:
I appreciate good art. And registration just opened for a Couple's Portrait Painting event! Why not paint a picture of your loved one!? Just make 'em look good. Not as good as me, that's unrealistic, but, you know, human good. highplains.libcal.com/event/15908523
January 30, 2026 at 2:31 AM
We're doing some end of the year wrapup, and we just did the math: You all checked out 1,465,033 books in 2025! That's...really awesome.
Great job, community. Happy to see you all reading!
January 29, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Absolutely adore the Horror community. All my Insta mentions right now are friends congratulating each other on making the Stoker preliminary ballot, and then thanking each other and returning the congratulations on mutual posts. Just a big ol' squishy Horror lovefest. Beautiful.
January 26, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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The Bram Stoker Award preliminary ballot for this year just went out, and congratulations to everyone whose work appears on it, be it under their name or their editor!!

Also TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS and A GAME IN YELLOW whaaat 🤩😭
January 26, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Wow. I was not expecting this. So honored to be on the STOKER AWARDS preliminary ballot for THE PINK AGAVE MOTEL.
I set the intention this year for someone to share these type things with but this is nice 😭
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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What a great book! A fantastic story about change and how it can infiltrate our lives. About how the fear of becoming someone different can make us not truly see ourselves.
ANOTHER by @paultremblay.bsky.social
📚🩸
January 26, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Spokescat Elinor here:
As a cat behind a computer, I can tell you that not everyone online is who they seem to be...might be a good idea to hit up Avoid Identity Theft and Scams at LINC on Wed. Feb. 4 to learn how to, well, Avoid Identity Theft and Scams! highplains.libcal.com/event/15329744
January 26, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Spokescat Sunny here:
If Wheel of Fortune needs a letter-turner and doesn't mind if that letter-turner gets a lil sneepy, I'm the cat. By the way, at Erie Community Library, they've got a Random Reads event going. Spin the wheel to find your next read highplains.libcal.com/event/16033835
January 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM
New Podcast Episode! soundcloud.com/hpldpodcasts...

Peter brings ABSOLUTES, including ABSOLUTE UNIT (of fiction writing) Daryl Gregory!

When We Were Real by Daryl Gregory: hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?...

Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta: hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?...
Why Did You Read That? ep55
Peter Brings some ABSOLUTES, including ABSOLUTE UNIT (of fiction writing) Daryl Gregory! When We Were Real by Daryl Gregory: https://hpld.na4.iiivega.com/search/card?recordId=2376742 Absolute Batman
soundcloud.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Spokescat Sarambi here:
Today is a break from promo, let's just all bask in this kitten's kitten-ness.
A little bit about Sarambi: "This is Sarambi, she was my Christmas gift this year and she is a total orange cat at such an early age. "
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Spokescat Max in my catnip barrel here:
I'm not what you'd call a "traditional pollinator," but Carbon Valley Library has an upcoming Pollinator-Friendly Gardening event where you can learn to make your garden a year-round sanctuary for butterflies, bees, and ME! highplains.libcal.com/event/15675008
January 22, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Spokescat Sylphrena here:
I'm a princess, and I like breakfast.
When I learned Carbon Valley Regional Library is hosting a Teen Pancake Movie night, and they're watching Princess Bride, I thought there's never been an event better suited to my promo skills highplains.libcal.com/event/15877835
January 21, 2026 at 1:58 AM