I actually have about $75.00 in adsense earnings owed me. And the jump in traffic to my sites the past couple of days from discussion on HN has earned nearly $10.00, which is part of why I am asking around. If the site only made a few hundred dollars per year I would consider it worth keeping.

My experience is with email lists run for free. This has not worked as a means to promote the site. They are often openly hostile towards anyone doing anything commercial/for profit. But I don't know any other means to get traffic. How do I get other sites to link to it? Or where do I go to read up on how to do that?

I will check the funding sites you suggest. Also, someone gifted me a Metafilter account today. I hope to ask around there for feedback as well, just as soon as I can figure out how.

I doubt anyone would hire me as an author on a health site. My only credential is that I got myself and my kids well. You either believe me or you don't. It doesn't make for a good resume.

Thank you for the feedback. I probably have missed something I meant to comment on. I am on a tablet and it hampers my replies in several ways.