Thank you for your answers.

I am going to learn from your spill. If I am chilled and shaking and need to start a fire I am going to use the log and inverted V fire lay and wrap my cotton ball around a stick. I’ll gather my firewood, build the fire lay, wrap and light my cotton-ball fire-stick, and light the fire. Then I’ll add kindling until the fire is big enough for fuel.

Does anyone have a better idea?

I’d rather figure out what I need to do before it happens than try to figure it out when I am not thinking clearly.