Margaret Miller

A life-changing move from San Antonio, Texas to New York City prompted me to write this column in Trinity University's campus paper about starting over.

As a native Houstonian, I was contacted by Creative Living magazine to write about my hometown for their 'American Traveler' column.

This article explores the variety of ways personality and aptitude tests help people choose a school, hire the right person, and find the profession that's b...

For this article, I interviewed Patricia Martin, whose book RenGen explores the emergence of a generation on the verge of a second renaissance.

While teaching at El Paso Community College, I had the opportunity to spend a week in a Spanish immersion program in Costa Rica, with expenses paid by the co...

After the movie Eat, Pray, Love was released, I began thinking of ways that people could rediscover their life's passions right where they live. This article...

During my time teaching English at El Paso Community College, the school was awarded a large grant for successfully meeting the needs of its largely Hispanic...

Creative Living, a publication I've written for since 1977, asked me to write this buyer's guide focusing on e-readers just after they hit the market in 2010.

This article explores the concept of success in a culture that values it over almost everything else and illustrates a number of ways it can be defined.

As Communications Director for the Houston Arts Alliance, I wanted to educate the community about the city's vast public art collection. After interviewing s...

While typically used in a pejorative sense, the word "prejudice" simply means "prejudgment." Over time, we all tend to generalize or stereotype individuals o...

Mozart wasn't the only musician who showed talent at an early age. Lots of kids show signs of musical talent before they're old enough to read and write--and...

Three stories that give parents an inside look at what it's like to raise twins.

As our children grow up, we celebrate the milestones. Their first step. Their first bike ride. And the day they drive a car alone for the first time, leaving...

After a 20-year sabbatical, I returned to teaching part-time. Houston Community College needed an adjunct professor in the English department to teach exposi...

This article is based on a book that my former husband and I are co-authoring about parenting after divorce.

One of Houston's leading comedy clubs hired me to help boost their numbers. I pitched this article about their November fundraiser, a silent auction to benef...

Photographer Nancy Burson ponders the same questions as the rest of us: What would I look like if I'd been born in a different culture, of a different race. ...

As a singer and a member of Houston Masterworks Chorus under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson, I was honored to interview Grammy award-winning composer M...

How do you achieve peak performance? After experiencing the thrill of skydiving myself, I wrote this article for Parachutist magazine about how professional ...