Reblogged from Not Tomatoes:

What does it mean to look at another and see that person? Not as a mirror of what we want to see, but of what is simply reflected back to us? Some of us make it a practice of reading faces, knowing that the truth is often hidden from us through words and other actions. We search past the lie to read the nuances of the face that might offer the tell-tale twitch of discomfort. Or, maybe we read to know. To really know who the other is.
I grew up reading faces. I think I learned to read faces before I started reading books. It’s likely we all did, as babies are masters of the craft. During my own turbulent childhood, the craft of reading faces became a method of survival. I knew in an instant if I had upset the fragile psyche of another before the mouth could form words, because I simply had to. I lived with a very volatile father figure.
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Sue, you have been on an ever growing list I’m trying to compile of blogs that simply do not appear on my Reader any longer. It is running into the high hundreds I estimate. Thus I was so pleased to note you ‘like’ a post earlier today. It prompted me into action. I understand many of us are presently stuck with the Reader issue concerning blogs we follow. I despair of technology often!
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I tried the ‘new’ Reader and gave up on it very quickly. I still get my favourite blogs by email. This seems to be a problem for many bloggers now and the longer-esteblished blogs seem to be the ones to go invisible…
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When it comes to technology I am hopeless, although…and I’ve probably got this wrong…more often than not when clicking the ‘Accept & Close’ thing that constantly appears upon entering a blog site thereafter my Reader never shows that blog site ever again? A fault in WP’s system?
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That’s odd… and ought not to affect the Reader… but what do I know?
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Thank you for sharing, Sue ❤
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My pleasure,Alethea ❤
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