Moving photos within iPhoto library

Until a few minutes ago, I was able to arrange photos within my iPhoto library by simply dragging  them. It was so convenient. Other photos just moved out of the way to make things easier. Now, however, although I can still drag  photos, I can't get them to stay anywhere. I'm sure the fix is easy, but what is it?

B., C., D., are not Places. They are Lists.
So are Faces and Places. Lists.
The Only Place is Library. Events and Photos are the same thing. Two ways of looking at exactly the same thing. Two windows to the same room. To views of the same material. If it's in Photos then it's in Events and vice versa.
It is possible that 'Last 12 Months' lists all your Photos, but only if all your photos are taken in the last 12 months.
Events (and Photos) contain all your images.
You say that there are no files in iPhoto. I can acept that. I had been calling graphs, or written material, etc.   files, but I can see why you call them photos. That's okay with me.
You have also been using the word 'file' for Albums (at least) as in 'In my "sheet music" file...' So, you're using 'file' to denote individual items and arbritrary groups of items interchangeably. The problem with that is it's hard for me to give accurate information as your use of the word is ambiguous.

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