so without further ado, please welcome howard ruffner. well, first of all, i have to say it's nice to see familiar faces out here. lots of people from pasadena village and relatives by my daughter is out here with her. my son in law. his parents are here. and it's really kind of people from the area where i live. but most of all, i've got to thank my my wife for being here. my wife, laura, because she'll just raise her hand. as most of you know, whenever you endeavor on a real good project, your spouse is the one who picks up the other stuff. and la kept me organized, kept me going and made sure i didn't lose too much of a focus of where i was going with this. so let me get started. the intention of my book is to let you know more about me. in the beginning, before i attended kent state. my introduction to photogs fee and then the rest of the story starts with when i enrolled at kent state in march of 1969. and i'll give you a glimpse of the campus life i knew before may four than the rest of the book is about my photography and experienc