longhorn cattle

out on a ranch near ennis, we don't find exactly what we expect. there was some talk of the old red-blue dichotomy, but i'm not sure how many expectations we actually had given the unpredictability we've seen everywhere we've been. we discover the rancher here is a travelling audio engineer who raises longhorn cattle not for the meat but for the horns. and that there's an extensive trading network for these cattle. "tonight," he says, "they're puttin on a pretty good foreplay for you. they'll probably do it sometime after dark." it's the solstice, and the sun has just set out over the texas highlands. we ask if there are any lesbian cattle. he chuckles at the question and says, "wouldn't that be great."