My wife, ten years younger than I, said she would refuse to read a book with the title “SLIPPING AWAY.”
It sounded too threatening, too depressing. But that was the title—that’s what I felt was happening to me.
Who knew where I was going? I didn’t. “Slipping Away” seemed to be a pretty accurate description of my state of mind. The process of writing this book became an exploration. Life’s Force was given and apparent to me. But after that, who knows where it would lead?
Gradually the stream of consciousness unfolded. It was threatening. It was depressing. But it also grew to become positive—one could survive old age; indeed, one could even thrive in old age.
And hopefully, that’s where this book takes us, through the obvious limitations of our later years, but with the sheer will, adaptation, friends, memories, loves, and acceptance, perhaps this book will help us
realize how we too can thrive in this final phase of our lives. So, with hopes Carol will read it, here’s the new title: SURVIVING OLD AGE—from Slipping Away to Life Afresh.
A business mentor to family and friends, at 80 years old, author Mack Travis can look back on a 50-year career in real estate development, civic engagement, and avid ocean sailing. He and his wife, Carol, still keep a hand in the family business, but they also keep a 42-ft classic wooden yawl in Rockport, Maine, where they have sailed summers for the past 25 years.
Surviving Old Age is Mack’s fourth book since his retirement from the family Real Estate Development and Management business. Other works include:
Creating an Independent Income in Real Estate, 2011;
Second Edition, 2020
The Expansion of Happiness—A Common Sense Look at Transcendental Meditation, 2014
His career summary—Shaping a City, Ithaca, New York - A Developers Perspective, 2018—is the story of how he and many other developers and community members formed a Business Improvement District, developed three 10-year strategic plans, and transformed Ithaca from a sleepy upstate New York town into one of the “Best Small Cities” in the country.
Book Details
Format: Paperback (172 pages)
Publisher: Tadorna Press (February 23, 2023)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1734322985
ISBN-13: 978-1734322989
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.43 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces