Abstract Series of 52 weekly articles written by Ward and published in the Benson County Farmers Press newspaper in 2005 and 2006. Inventory of the articles compiled by Ward list the genre as 'memoir, seasoned with nostalgia.' Some of the topics include Minnewaukan & Graham's Island, the Ward family, the 1940s and 1950s, farming, cattle, people, and buildings. Holidays, books, sports and sin. They are written in serious, funny and sentimental tones.