“Back to School” Retirement

Jim McCoyAll Articles, Issue 106, Jim McCoy, Lake Anna Retirement, The Breeze™, The Breeze™ 2024, Writers Leave a Comment

My wife and I retired in 2018 and moved to Lake Anna full-time in 2020. Our retired life at Lake Anna has far exceeded our expectations and we could not imagine living anywhere else. We’re not the only ones. Since moving to Lake Anna, my sister has bought a home here and lives at Lake Anna part-time, my brother-in-law and …

Retirement Reflections: A Five-Year Journey of Community, Growth, and Feel-Good Stories of Lake Anna

Jim McCoyAll Articles, Featured, Issue 105, Jim McCoy, Lake Anna Retirement, The Breeze™, The Breeze™ 2024 Leave a Comment

I retired at the end of 2018 and bought the Lake Anna Breeze™ in February of 2019. I didn’t know very much about publishing a newspaper, so I had to learn as I went along. Once I got the hang of it, creating The Breeze™ was an absolute joy. Over that five year period, I learned a little bit about …

[Retire LKA] Bring Fido!

The Lake Anna Breeze™All Articles, Issue 103, Jim McCoy, Lake Anna Retirement, Pets of Lake Anna, The Breeze™, The Breeze™ 2023 Leave a Comment

By Jim McCoy One of the greatest benefits of being retired at Lake Anna is the fact that we can spend more time with our pet. Most dog lovers, know that the more time you spend with your pup, the closer your relationship will be. The downside to all of this is that we’re sort of hooked on our dog …