Thank you for the help. I tried that too. I think my database became corrupt. I found several places where more than one index key was listed and I had a bunch of “!” inside tri-angles in front of the database folders. I had not yet setup my automatic backup so I had to bite the bullet and dump everything and reload the database — that fixed it.
Lesson learned — back up, back up, back up. I had my fingers in the styles code and a bunch of other stuff to so I am sure I did something wrong to cause the issue.
I am back up and running — still learning — and it is not a big deal when I crash at this point. (not yet any how)
Thanks again!