Navigation weird problem

Got it, you should use:
$wp_query = new WP_Query( 'cat=-16' ); instead of query_posts
Because the $wp_query is called globally in the reverie_pagination function.

It looks like I just had to escape the blog feed per these instructions…
https://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Pagination#Troubleshooting_Broken_Pagination

Here is the code I used in the loop.php just wrap your loop with…

<!-- Exclude News, In the News, and Press Releases category posts from Blog feed -->
<?php if ( is_page('blog')) {
query_posts($query_string . '&cat=-171,-56,-14');
}
?>

<!-- Loop goes here -->

<?php endif; ?>

Good luck!