My time machine cannot complete my back up saying the "sparse bundle could not be accessed" error -1  Help please

My time machine cannot complete my back up.  The message I receive says the "sparse bundle cannot be accessed.  (error -1)  Help please.

GG,
Please read over Pondini's Time Machine Troubleshooting guide, specifically C17.

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    See Time Machine - Troubleshooting C17. . . . sparse bundle could not be accessed (error -1)

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    Start with the best resource available..... Time Machine --- Troubleshooting from Pondini, the wizard of all things Time Machine.
    " . . . sparse bundle could not be accessed (error -1)"

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    For the past several days, I have been getting this message during backups:
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    See C17 in Time Machine Troubleshooting by Time Machine guru Pondini:
    http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

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