I got it!!!  It was apparantly something I did, and whatever it was it wouldn't reset whenever I would restart Bryce.  Weird.  I went into edit and started to look at the options.  Saw reset to defaults and clicked on that to see what would happen.  Made a new sphere and went to the material lab, tried a few quick settings, and lo and behold, IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have to thank you to everyone for all the help you have given me on this one.  And I have to say again, this is the best forum I have ever been on.  On all the others, everyone would have read and ignored, or just ignored questions for help.  Thank you, everyone.