Thanks, good suggestions all. I’m willing to bet this is a Graphene problem, another site that uses a different theme that a friend monitors does not have this trouble. I will think a bit and decide what to do.

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I’ve updated to WordPress v 6.2 and also updated the Graphene theme. I’ve disabled the Classic editor , want to use only blocks now, and when I insert a block the settings choices show only color and typography. Mine stops before it gets to Dimensions or Border.

I did read one suggestion that clearing my cache and re-updating might help …. it did not.