Imported images gray out...won't drag to timeline???

Have a new intel Duo 2 Core iMac...iMovie6...
just about finished with a short video, trying to add several imported jpeg images at the end. When I click on the image, it highlights blue...thus letting me know it recognizes I've connected with it. As soon as I try and drag it to the timeline, it desaturates to light gray and appears locked. Nothing drags.
I tried highlighting and copying the clips...positioned the cursor on the timeline, figuring I could paste...but "paste" was not emboldened, thus that option is out.
Ideas what is happening here??
thanks
Larry

Our intel is new as I said, and my experience up to this point has been a couple hard at it months on iMovie 5...
...and I say that to refer to an additional thing that seems weird thus far with iMovie6...
I tried copying a clip and then paste to create an additional clip for the video. Something I was able to do in iMovie5...
The clip highlights, I go to "copy"...and then when I line the playhead, going to "Edit" I do not see "Paste" as an option given to me.
I'm wondering...is this a glitch or something with iMovie 6...???

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